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Mike's Mine

Occurrence in Las Animas county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011622
MRDS ID D006657
Record type Site
Current site name Mike's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.16717, 37.63614 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES DUE EAST OF NINAVIEW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Las Animas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninaview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Junta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

La Junta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas-John Martin Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Las Animas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028S 051W 05;6 W2 (05); E2 (06) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF DRY CREEK. LOCATION SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE BUT APPARENTLY ON BORDER BETWEEN SECS. 5 AND 6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Hematite, Azurite

Analytical data

Result 0.02 MR/HR BACKGROUND
Result TO 2.0 MR/HR MEASURED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Purgatoire Formation
    Rock description Purgatoire Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Las Animas Arch, Sierra Grande Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Muddy Creek Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 0.3M
    Width 0.76M
    Depth to top 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ninaview Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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