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Josephine Mine

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Cobalt, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10238985
MRDS ID DC05147
MAS/MILS ID 0080150302
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine Mine
Related records 10018281

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.1998, 38.9636 (WGS84)
Elevation 2590

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harvard Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.1998, 38.9636
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 80W
    Width 5.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N20E:80W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Josephine Frost
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 18.1, 1954, JOSEPHINE MINE, ON FI

  • Deposit

    AT IFOC, BLDG 20, DENVER FEDERAL CENTER, DENVER, CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALS CONTAINING COBALT, URANIUM, GOLD AND SILVER NOT MEN IN REPORT. COBALT SAMPLES ASSAYED LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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