Jones & Young Lease

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Quartz, Beryllium
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017545
MRDS ID DC03748
Record type Site
Current site name Jones & Young Lease
Related records 10117976

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.74475, 38.37057 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 2.8 MILES S04W OF COTOPAXI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotopaxi(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
New Mexico 48N 11E 34 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILL NE OF PLEASANTON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976) (1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Feldspar Secondary
Quartz Secondary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.74475, 38.37057

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Pleasant Valley Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures, Pegmatite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEG: N-S VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1890

Mining district

District name Pleasanton Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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