Misery Mine Group

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264210
MRDS ID D009329
MAS/MILS ID 0080430042
Record type Site
Current site name Misery Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Misery Mine Et Al Group of Claims, Misery Mines, Satan, Joe and Bob,, Red Hill, Tanner Boy Group.
Related records 10013181

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.54168, 38.48001 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018 S 073 W 15 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Thorite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.54168, 38.48001

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 7.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS FILE 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4498, DATED 1957. T CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, T. 18 R. 73 W., AND SEC. 15, T. 19 S., R. 71 W., 6TH P.M., AND ARE 15-MINUTE USGS MAPS, BLACK MTN, COTOPAXI, AND ROYAL GORGE. U OCCURS ON THE MISERY MINE CLAIMS DISSEMINATED THROUGH SEDIME ROCKS OF TERTIARY AGE, ON THE JOE AND BOB CLAIMS IT OCCURS I TIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS, AND ON THE RED HILL CLAIMS IN SMALL PO BIOTITE-MICROCLINE ROCK IN A PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS SEQUENCE. IN IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM AND LOCATION MAPS. AT THE TIME REPORT, THE CLAIMS, THEN CONTROLLED BY PARKDALE URANIUM CORP HAD PRODUCED 2-ONE TON SHIPMENTS OF ORE AVERAGING .18 AND .2 U308. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE BE DENIED FOR FUR EXPLORATION. THE AEC PRINTOUT LISTS ROBERT MC CORMACK AS THE RECENT CONTROLLER OF MISERY MINE #7.

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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