Jackpot Mine

Past Producer in Montrose county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142168
MRDS ID DC04062
MAS/MILS ID 0080850255
Record type Site
Current site name Jackpot Mine
Alternate or previous names Jackpot Group
Related records 10017704

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.03878, 38.44939 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckeye Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048 N 020 W 02 SWSENE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.03878, 38.44939

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1913

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bee Hive Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB,DC04062;MAS FILE REF:BLM SUR MNGT QUAD

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS PROF PAPER #508

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL OPEN CUT FROM WHICH A DRIFT N 3 W FOR 50FT WHERE IT TURNS WEST ALONG A FAULT PLANE BEARI THE PROSPECT HAS BEEN WORKED PERIODICALLY SINCE 1913. PRODUC HAS BEEN LIMITED. THE ORE CONTAINS 1.25% V205 AND 0.14% U308 THE FACT THAT THE DEPOSIT IS IN A FAULT BLOCK OF WINGATE SAN AND CONSISTS OF SECONDARY OXIDIZED MINERALS SUGGESTS THAT TH DEPOSIT FORMED BY CIRCULATION OF GROUND WATER THAT PASSED TH NEARBY U AND V DEPOSITS WITHIN THE MORRISON FORMATION. THE S WASH IS NOT EXPOSED IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. SUBSURFACE EXPLOR IN AREAS NEAR THE MINE MIGHT RESULT IN DISCOVERY OF A NEW DE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.