Iowa Chief Mine

Pitkin County, Colorado, United States

Silver Lead

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimarySilver, Lead

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsUnderground

Ore controlBedding Plane Fault

Materials

GangueBarite

Geology

Host rockLimestone · Leadville Limestone (Castle Butte Member);Belden Formation

Associated rockGranite · Aplite Porphyry

StructureSawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Silver Fault, Contact Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Tourtellotte Park Uplift, Silver Bell Fault, Burro Fault

Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

Discovery year1882

Description

James Lyons And Others (Claimants)

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References

SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 173-174BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-DBLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 2246

Identification

Deposit ID10101795

MRDS IDD009435

Alternate namesClaim: Iowa Chief

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates39.16193, -106.82423