Mine detail: Picuris Placer Mine

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.80917, -106.07199
dep_id: 10018163
mrds_id: DC04986
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
Reporter: Unknown, Collins, Donna B.
Structure: Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 472
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUENA VISTA QUADRANGLE, CHAFFEE AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-657, 1:62,500.
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.