Mine detail: Lizzie G. Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.99778, -107.99037

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Microgabbro
Associated type:	Gabbro
Structure:	Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Gray Head Fault, Unnamed Fault, Gray Head Laccolith
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Sulfides To Oxides And Carbonate

References

MRDS	D010939
DEP	10087931
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. 427.}{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.}{Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1913, NOTES ON THE VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530, P. 142-156.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 427}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.