Mine detail: Lizzie G. Mine

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Location: San Miguel County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.99778, -107.99037
dep_id: 10087931
mrds_id: D010939
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Vanadium, Uranium
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Calcite
alteration: Oxidation Of Sulfides To Oxides And Carbonate
conc_proc: Ore Deposition Within Permeable Sandstone May Have Resulted By Precipitation From Actively Circulating Ground Waters Below Slightly Uneven Water Table Or At Interface Between Two Types Of Ground Water. Metals May Have Been Derived From Trace Amounts In Solution In Pore Water During Sand Deposition Or From Trace Amounts Dissolved From Rocks During Diagenesis.
ore_ctrl: Permeable Sandstone Underlying Pony Express Limestone; Chemical Favorability Of Limestone For Replacement Near Fault
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Porphyritic Microgabbro
arock_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
References:
  • 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
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