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Misery Mines

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013181
MRDS ID D009329
Record type Site
Current site name Misery Mines
Alternate or previous names Joe and Bob Claims, Satan Group, Misery Mine 7
Related records 10264210

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.53836, 38.46807 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 5.4 MILES N 28 E OF TEXAS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018S 073W 22 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • THESE CLAIMS EXTEND INTO PARTS OF SECTIONS 9-11, 13-16, 24-25 ACCORDING TO VARIOUS REFERENCES; UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspars To Clay

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
    Rock description Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate;Echo Park Alluvium
    Rock description Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate;Echo Park Alluvium
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.53836, 38.46807
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposition Controlled By Ground Water Flow Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite. Flow Was Impeded By The Fault On The Southern End Of The Echo Park Graben.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS LOCALIZED AND PRESERVED BY SLUGGISH GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT IN AREA. THOSE CONDITIONS STILL PRESENT AS EVIDENCED BY ARTESIAN PRESSURE IN WELLS AND SPRINGS ISSUING FROM ECHO PARK FORMATION AND BY A PRESENT URANIUM CONTENT OF GROUNDWATER IN AREA AS HIGH AS 900 PPB.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Echo Park Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.17% U308, 0.08% V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FROM MISERY MINE 7

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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