Mine detail: Jo Dandy Mine

Previously called 'Unpatented Claims: Joe DandyEdwardWesleyNiftyLone Wolf'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.99944, -107.99509

Resource(M)

Primary: Vanadium, Uranium
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Lead
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1954

Geology

Host rock:Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Porphyritic Microgabbro;Pyroxene Minette
Associated type:Gabbro,Lamprophyre
Structure:Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Gray Head Fault, Gray Head Laccolith
Tectonic:Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD010937
DEP10014248
Reference{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRAY HEAD QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-176.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 424-425.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1913, NOTES ON THE VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530, P. 142-156.}{Deposit:: PURINGTON, C.W., 1898, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS 18TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3, P. 827-830.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 424.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.