Colorado · Pitkin County
Past Producer

Pitkin Iron Mine

Pitkin County, Colorado, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1961
Identification
Deposit ID10264452
MRDS IDD008023
Alternate namesCooper's Iron Mountain, Taylor's Peak Deposit, Cooper Fork Deposit, Cooper Fork Quarry
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.00139, -106.78622
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1960-1979, CONFIDENTIAL MICROFILMEDPRODUCTION RECORDS - DATA SUPPLIED BY MINE OPERATOR.BERRY, J.W., 1968, THE CLIMATE OF COLORADO, IN CLIMATES OFTHE STATES, VOLUME II - WESTERN STATES INCLUDING ALASKAAND HAWAII: NOAA, EDS., PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., WATERINFORMATION CENTER, INC., P. 595-613.BROWN, W.M. AND R.G. REEVES, 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OFCOLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PP.93-98.HARDER, E.C., 1908, THE TAYLOR PEAK AND WHITEPINE IRON-OREDEPOSITS, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 380,CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PART 1, PP. 188-194.HAYES, C.W., 1909, IRON ORES OF THE UNITED STATES, U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 394, PAPERS ON THE CONSERVA-TION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, P. 70-113.KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1926, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ASPENDISTRICT, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 785,CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PART 1, P.12.LEITH, C.K., 1905, IRON ORES OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATESAND BRITISH COLUMBIA., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 28CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PP. 194-200.STARCH, KARL E., 1978-1979, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COLORADOBUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, PP. 1-17.BROWN, W.M., AND REEVES, R.G., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OFCOLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 93-98.CARR, M.S., AND DUTTON, C.E., 1959, IRON-ORE RESOURCES OFTHE UNITED STATES INCLUDING ALASKA AND PUERTO RICO, 1955:U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-C, P. 61-134.HARDER, E.C., 1909, THE TAYLOR PEAK AND WHITEPINE IRON-OREDEPOSITS, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 380, P. 188-