Lee Jones Ranch

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012569
MRDS ID D008253
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Jones Ranch
Alternate or previous names Jones Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.30668, 38.17445 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 3.7 MILES N26E OF QUERIDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tyndall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021S 071W 34 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF BRUSH HOLLOW CREEK NEAR DRY LAKE SCHOOL; ON WEST SIDE OF HWY 143, 1.25 MILES NW OF JUNCTION WITH HWY 96 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY 0.90 MR/HR, RANGE OF RADIOACTIVITY TO 11.0 MR/HR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.089% EQUIVALENT U, 0.058% U
Result .001% U, .12% EQUIV. TH02

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 30
USGS model code 11d
Deposit model name Thorium-rare-earth veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.30668, 38.17445

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest-Trending Faults, Fissures, Veins

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Faults And Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Jones
    Home office Westcliffe, Co.
    First year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 0.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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