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Allen Jones Property

Past Producer in Bent county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011623
MRDS ID D006658
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Jones Property
Related records 10117126

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.26911, 37.65142 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES DUE WEST OF NINAVIEW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bent(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Junta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

La Junta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas-John Martin Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Bent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 027S 052W 32 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES OF SELECTED SANDSTONES CONTAINED ESTIMATED 0.01 TO 013 , EQUIV U WITH HIGH-GRADE VALUE OF 1 , EQUIV

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.26911, 37.65142
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Las Animas Arch, Sierra Grande Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Muddy Creek Monocline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ninaview Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • SOME COPPER PRODUCED IN PAST. SOME SHALLOW CORE DRILLING DONE.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPECIFIC URANIUM MINERAL COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. MINERALIZED HORIZON IS 10-FT-THICK FINE- TO MED-GRAINED SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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