Mine detail: Iron Springs Mine

Previously called 'Iron Springs Drift MineIron Springs Bar'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.73496, -107.79984

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Iron
Discovery year: 1887

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Unconsolidated Deposits--Alluvium;Cathedral Bluffs Member Of Wasatch Formation
Host type:Sand and Gravel,Conglomerate
Structure:Washakie Basin
Tectonic:Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD009677
DEP10097858
Reference{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.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.