Commodities
PrimaryVanadium, Uranium
SecondaryGold, Silver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlPermeable Sandstone Underlying Pony Express Limestone; Chemical Favorability Of Limestone For Replacement Near Fault
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation
Associated rockGabbro,Lamprophyre · Porphyritic Microgabbro;Pyroxene Minette
StructureParadox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Gray Head Fault, Gray Head Laccolith
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1954
Identification
Deposit ID10014248
MRDS IDD010937
Alternate namesUnpatented Claims: Joe Dandy, Edward, Wesley, Nifty, Lone Wolf
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.99944, -107.99509
References
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.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 424-425.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.HESS, F.L., 1913, NOTES ON THE VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530, P. 142-156.PURINGTON, C.W., 1898, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS 18TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3, P. 827-830.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 424.