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Lucky John No. 2 Mine

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium, REE
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10013946
MRDS ID D010518
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky John No. 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.96226, 38.65889 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9 MILES N12E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cameron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 009E 22 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATIONS GIVEN FOR CENTER OF SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 0.061-0.098% U308, 0.54-0.74% TH02, 1.02-1.58% RAE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.96226, 38.65889
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ew-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N76E (DIKE)
    Dip 80NW (DIKE)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ew-Trending Faults, Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Salida Area/Turret Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L, COLLINS, D.B., HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIV E MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P . 90.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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