Mine detail: Pocahontas Mine

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Location: San Miguel County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.00083, -108.02148
dep_id: 10014251
mrds_id: D010943
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Vanadium
Trace mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Calcite
ore_ctrl: Permeable Sandstone Underlying Pony Express Limestone
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Entrada Sandstone
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Unnamed Fault
tectonic: Colorado Platform
yr_lst_prd: 1920
References:
  • Deposit:: FISHER, 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, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E.
  • Production:: FISCHER AND OTHERS, 1947, P. 134.
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