Mine detail: Josephine Mine

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.96111, -106.19838
dep_id: 10018281
mrds_id: DC05147
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Dike
Reporter: Unknown, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Granitic Rocks, Undivided
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nw-Trending Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountsins)
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE
  • Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 472.
  • Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR., MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
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