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Frying Pan Claims

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013708
MRDS ID D010142
Record type Site
Current site name Frying Pan Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.70562, 39.28332 (WGS84)
Elevation 3502
Relative position 5.6 MILES S 13 E FROM MEREDITH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meredith(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009S 083W 07 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SE SIDE OF PORPHYRY MTN IN HEADWATERS OF SPRUCE CREEK. CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 12 AND 13, T 9 S, R 84 W. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT IN SEC. 7 (UNSURVEYED) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1958-60 ORE GRADE WAS 0.14% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneisses And Migmatite;Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Biotite Gneisses And Migmatite;Granitic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.70562, 39.28332
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description Homestake Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Frying Pan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1958 AND 1960 MINE PRODUCED 62 TONS ORE AT 0.14% U3O8, YIELDING 174 LB U3O8

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT HEADING GENERALLY NORTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA IN VEIN OCCUPYING PROBABLE FAULT OR FRACTURE RELATED TO NE-TRENDING HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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