| Deposit ID | 10087931 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010939 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lizzie G. Mine |
| Related records | 10215903 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.99037, 37.99778 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2499 |
| Relative position | 10.5 MILES N 67 W FROM TELLURIDE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gray Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 043N | 010W | 08 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Microgabbro | ||||||
| Rock description | Porphyritic Microgabbro | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation |
| Rock description | Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation |
| (1) | -107.99037, 37.99778 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Gray Head Fault, Unnamed Fault, Gray Head Laccolith |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lower San Miguel District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | U And H Mining Co. |
| Home office | Montrose, Co. |
| First year | 1966 |
| Year | 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | -1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE V U ACC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^1.47% V205, 0.05% U308 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010939 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081130637 |
FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.
BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRAY HEAD QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-176.
PURINGTON, C.W., 1898, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS 18TH ANN, REPT., PT. 3, P. 827-830.
HESS, F.L., 1913, NOTES ON THE VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530, P. 142-156.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 427
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BEDS CUT BY NW-TRENDING GRAY HEAD FAULT WEST OF MINE AND BY MORE NW-TRENDING BRANCH FAULT SW OF MINE. VANADIUM DEPOSIT IN ENTRADA SANDSTONE LIES NEAR NE MARGIN OF SMALL MINERALIZED BELT WITHIN NE-CONCAVE CURVE OF LARGER PRINCIPAL MINERALIZED BELT. REPLACEMENT SULFIDES IN PONY EXPRESS LIMESTONE ABOVE VANADIUM LAYER PROBABLY RELATED TO BRANCH FAULT (DOWNTHROWN ON NE) FROM GRAY HEAD FAULT AND POSSIBLY TO GENERALLY EAST-WEST-TRENDING MICROGABBRO DIKE ON WHICH BELLE CHAMPION MINE IS DEVELOPED. PURINGTON (1898) DESCRIBES SULFIDE ORE AS REPLACEMENT IN LIMESTONE. SUCH DEPOSITS AT SAWPIT GENERALLY OCCUPY UPPER PORTION OF LIMESTONE BED, ARE 100 TO 200 FT LONG, 25 FT WIDE, AND 3 TO 5 FT THICK, WITH LONG DIMENSION CORRESPONDING TO TREND OF EAST-WEST FISSURES. LIZZIE G. ORE PARTLY OXIDIZED TO LIMONITE AND CERUSSITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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