Jim 3 Mine

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010870
MRDS ID D004902
Record type Site
Current site name Jim 3 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.53697, 38.37001 (WGS84)
Elevation 2356
Relative position 8.2 MILES DUE EAST OF COTOPAXI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillside(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 19S 73W 28 CENTER OF E EDGE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; NEAR TRIBUTARY TO FIVE POINT GULCH, NORTH OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
REE Critical Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Tantalum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Tourmaline Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.53697, 38.37001

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lookout Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAHLEM, DAVID H., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AREA, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: U. OF MICH UNPUB PHD THESIS

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.