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Paint Iron Mine

Occurrence in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013513
MRDS ID D009858
Record type Site
Current site name Paint Iron Mine
Related records 10263585

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75681, 40.55829 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5.7 MILES S 50 W FROM GREYSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zenobia Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon of Lodore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007N 101W 16 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF UNNAMED GULCH SW OF BROMIDE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Ocher Ore

Analytical data

Result USBM CHANNEL SAMPLE OF HEMATITE TAKEN OVER 7.2-FT THICKNESS 10 FT BACK FROM FACE OF ADIT ASSAYED 35% FE, 0.08% P, 0.12% S, 29.8% SILICA, LESS THAN 0.1% MN, 5.1% LOI. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.001 TO 0.01% CU, GA, YB, V, CR
Result 0.01 TO 0.1% PB, ZN, MN, NI
Result 0.1 TO 1.0% TI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.75681, 40.55829
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau
Type of structure Local
Structure description Uinta Anticline, Browns Park Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 71.63M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Douglas Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 50-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN N 65 W

Comments on development

  • REPORTEDLY PROSPECTED FOR PAINT PIGMENT. CONSIDERED TOO LOW GRADE AND INACCESSIBLE AS SOURCE OF IRON ORE. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M., AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 49-51

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W. R., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ZENOBIA PEAK QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1408

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLUE TO BLACK HEMATITE MIXED WITH LIMONITE AND CONSIDERABLE LOW-GRADE OCHEROUS MATERIAL IN 6- TO 7-FT-THICK SANDSTONE OVERLAIN BY SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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