Mine detail: Paint Iron Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.55829, -108.75681

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Titanium, Metal
Ore:	Hematite, Limonite, Ocher
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Limestone
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau, Uinta Anticline, Browns Park Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Central Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D009858
DEP	10013513
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.