Mine detail: Pocahontas Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.00083, -108.02148

Resource(M)

Primary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1920

Geology

Host rock:	Entrada Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D010943
DEP	10014251
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.