1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Iron Springs Mine

Past Producer in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097858
MRDS ID D009677
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Springs Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Springs Drift Mine, Iron Springs Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.79984, 40.73496 (WGS84)
Elevation 2115
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 14.7 MILES N 17 E FROM LAY, Within 700-Ft Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(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 009N 093W 14 SW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON TRIBUTARY OF LAY CREEK 0.6 MILE NW OF IRON SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Deposits--Alluvium;Cathedral Bluffs Member Of Wasatch Formation
    Rock description Unconsolidated Deposits--Alluvium;Cathedral Bluffs Mbr Of Wasatch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.79984, 40.73496
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Washakie Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Washakie Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer Mr. Schrivener

Mining district

District name Lay District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS AND SEVERAL CAVED DRIFTS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, B. H., JR., 1974, THE PLACERS OF MOFFAT COUNTY, IN GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 150-168.

  • Deposit

    GALE, H. S., 1908, GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS NEAR LAY, ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 340, P. 84-95.

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972

  • Deposit

    FLECK, HERMAN, AND HALDANE, W. G., 1907, A STUDY OF THE URANIUM AND VANADIUM BELTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO: COLORADO DIV. MINES BIENN. REPT., 1905-06, P. 120-121.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit (SEE LAST PAGE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-82 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Colorado resources

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