Mine detail: Paint Iron Mine

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Location: Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.55829, -108.75681
dep_id: 10013513
mrds_id: D009858
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Limonite, Ocher
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Madison Limestone
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau, Uinta Anticline, Browns Park Syncline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Central Rocky Mtns)
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
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