Fryingpan Group

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288937
MRDS ID D002321
MAS/MILS ID 0080970005
Record type Site
Current site name Fryingpan Group
Alternate or previous names Fryingpan Claims
Related records 10009375

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.70252, 39.28169 (WGS84)

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)

Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 009 S 083 W 07 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Torbernite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.70252, 39.28169

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N68E
    Dip 80N
    Depth to top 22.9M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N68E:80N
    Minimum Depth to Top 15.3
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO 1947

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 6059, DATED 1959. A TIME OF THE REPORT, PRODUCTION HAD BEEN 25 TONS OF AUTUNITE AVERAGING .17% U308. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SEC. 7, T. 9 S., R. 8 AND IN SECS. 12 AND 13, T. 9 S., R. 84 W., 6TH P.M. INCLUDED REPORT IS A LOCATION MAP. BASED ON PREVIOUS EXPLORATION WORK DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED EXPLORATION ASSISTANCE BE DENIED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.