Little Indian No. 34 Prospect

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094555
MRDS ID D009245
Record type Site
Current site name Little Indian No. 34 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.3056, 38.42444 (WGS84)
Elevation 3353
Relative position 6 MILES N 77 E FROM SARGENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pahlone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 006E 09 SW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF LIME CREEK 700 FT SW OF LITTLE INDIAN NO. 36 MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Chaffee;Leadville Limestone
    Rock description Chaffee;Leadville Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.3056, 38.42444

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Chester Fault, Assay Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Marshall Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Homestake Mining Co.
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES AT CONTACT BETWEEN DYER DOLOMITE MEMBER OF THE CHAFFEE FM AND LEADVILLE LIMESTONE. BEDS STRIKE EAST-WEST, DIP 40 DEG SOUTH IN SMALL FAULT BLOCK BOUNDED ON EAST BY NNW-TRENDING CHESTER FAULT AND OON WEST BY NNE-TRENDING BRANCH OF ASSAY FAULT, NATURE OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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