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Pocahontas Mine

Past Producer in San Miguel county in Colorado, United States with commodities Vanadium, Uranium
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014251
MRDS ID D010943
Record type Site
Current site name Pocahontas Mine
Related records 10119295

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.02148, 38.00083 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 12.2 MILES N 70 W FROM TELLURIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 011W 12 S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED ON SLOPES NORTH OF SAN MIGUEL RIVER BELOW SOUTH RIM OF HASTINGS MESA 2 MILES SE OF PLACERVILLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Entrada Sandstone
    Rock description Entrada Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.02148, 38.00083
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Unnamed Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeable Sandstone Underlying Pony Express Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Lower San Miguel District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Vanadium Corp.
    First year 1920

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1919-1920
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx 2.5% V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 3wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY NE, EXTENT UNKNOWN; STOPES ON ORE BODY EXPOSED ON SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.

  • Deposit

    BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E.

  • Production

    FISCHER AND OTHERS, 1947, P. 134.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS DIP SEVERAL DEGREES TO NORTH AND NNW AND ARE CUT WEST OF MINE BY GENERALLY NORTH-TRENDING FAULT DIPPING 80 W AND TERMINATED ON NORTH BY SE END OF BLACK KING-WHITE SPAR FAULT SYSTEM. VANADIUM DEPOSIT LIES NEAR NE MARGIN OF PRINCIPAL MINERALIZED BELT SLIGHTLY NW FROM CENTER OF BELT.

Reporter information

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

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