Mine detail: Rawlins Area

Previously called 'Paint Mine, Rawlins Hematite, Rawlins Paint Ore, Rawlins Iron Deposits, Unnamed Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.89968, -107.23566

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz, Calcite
Orebody form: POD-SHAPED MASSES AND LENSES

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Madison Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Structure:E-Ne Striking Cross Faults

References

MRDSW032460
MAS560070380
DEP10100256
Reference{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 110-111}{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 101.}{Deposit:: Harrer, 1966, Wyoming Iron-ore deposits: USBM IC-8315, p. 19-20.}{Deposit:: Barlow, J.A., 1953, Geology of the Rawlins Uplift, Carbon Co., Wy: Univ. of Wyoming PhD dissertation.}{Deposit:: Lovering, 1929, The Rawlins, Shirley, and Seminoe iron-ore deposits, Carbon Co., Wy: USGS Bull. 811-D, p. 209-216.}{Deposit:: Boyle, A.C., (1923), Report on the Rawlins, Wyoming iron ore deposits: unpublished typewritten report in Geol. Surv. Wyo. files, 14 p. (referenced in Bull. 50 and Bull. 811-D).}
ReporterIntermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Barari, Rachel A., Wilson, Anna B.