Mine detail: Little Joe Claims

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Location: Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.89363, -105.11084
dep_id: 10013987
mrds_id: D010571
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Hematite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D., Keller, John W.
hrock_unit: Alaskitic Granite
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Greenhorn Anticline, Wet Mountains Uplift
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.
  • Deposit:: GASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MI LA 26-83.
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