Little Maude Mine

Occurrence in Montezuma county in Colorado, United States with commodity Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014207
MRDS ID D010877
Record type Site
Current site name Little Maude Mine
Related records 10263959

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.799, 37.2939 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position 12 MILES S 72 W FROM CORTEZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

McElmo(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montezuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 035N 018W 14 NE OF SE OF NW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Mancos Shale
    Rock description Mancos Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.799, 37.2939

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mabel Mountain Bysmalith, Ute Peak Stock, North Black Mountain Laccolith, Ute Dome

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcelmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROX 50-FT DRIFT HEADING PROBABLY GENERALLY NORTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 66-67.

  • Deposit

    EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1955, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRIFT FOLLOWS NE-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE THAT MAY BE PART OF UTE CREEK DIKE SYSTEM. BACK OF DRIFT IS BASE OF THIN SILL WITHIN MABEL MOUNTAIN BYSMALITH IN CONTACT WITH BAKED AND SHEARED LIMY MUDSTONE OF MANCOS SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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.