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Shirley May Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239925
MAS/MILS ID 0080930014
Record type Site
Current site name Shirley May Mine
Alternate or previous names Garo Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.8934, 39.0925 (WGS84)
Elevation 2745

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011 S 076 W 16 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • THE GARO MINE IS ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF GARO,PARK COUNTY,CO ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRPLAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Carnotite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.8934, 39.0925
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 60N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N60W:60N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name South Park

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gaddis Mining
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION SOURCE: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1087-A, 1959, GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    GARO URANIUM-VANADIUM COPPER DEPOSIT,PARK COUNTY,COLORADO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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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.