Aubrey-Ladwig Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013714
MRDS ID D010154
Record type Site
Current site name Aubrey-Ladwig Mine
Alternate or previous names Aubrey Ladwig Lease, Gary Mine
Related records 10142555

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.27336, 39.78666 (WGS84)
Elevation 2240
Relative position 3.2 MILES N 50 W FROM GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003S 070W 18 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEAD OF THE WESTERN FORK OF HALF-MILE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE TONNAGES FROM 1955-56 CONTAINED 0.23 TO 0.31% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Granitic Pegmatite
    Rock description Granitic Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation-Hornblende Gneiss Unit;Granitic Pegmatite
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation-Hornblende Gneiss Unit;Granitic Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.27336, 39.78666

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurricane Hill Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer G.B. Friden
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Ralston Buttes District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.31% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATORY PITS AND TRENCHES; PRINCIPAL OPEN PIT 60 BY 30 FT IN PLAN AND 35 TO 50 FT DEEP; 74-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 137-FT CROSSCUT, 55 FT OF SHORT DRIFTS AND 40-BY 12-FT INCLINED STOPE

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES IN PEGMATITE THAT DISCORDANTLY CUTS GNEISS ALONG TRANSITION BETWEEN MICA SCHIST AND LAYERED CALC-SILICATE GNEISS OF THE HORNBLENDE GNEISS UNIT. DEPOSIT IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS IN DISTRICT IN THAT MINERALIZATION IS NOT ON MAJOR BRECCIA REEF OR BRANCH; WORKINGS DEVELOPED IN NW- AND NE-STRIKING COMPLEX OF SHORT FRACTURES AND SMALL-DISPLACEMENT FAULTS. ORE OCCURS AS FILLINGS AND COATINGS ALONG AND NEAR FRACTURED AND COARSELY BRECCIATED CONTACTS AND AS PODS AND LENSES IN MINERALIZED BRECCIA IN GNEISS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Banke, Carl M. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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