The Allen Jones Property is a copper mine located in Bent county, Colorado at an elevation of 4,482 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.65139, -103.26861
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Allen Jones Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Allen Jones Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Bent
District: Ninaview Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Las Animas Arch, Sierra Grande Uplift
Type: L
Description: Muddy Creek Monocline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES OF SELECTED SANDSTONES CONTAINED ESTIMATED 0.01 TO 013 , EQUIV U WITH HIGH-GRADE VALUE OF 1 , EQUIV
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): SOME COPPER PRODUCED IN PAST. SOME SHALLOW CORE DRILLING DONE.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PIT
Comment (Deposit): SPECIFIC URANIUM MINERAL COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. MINERALIZED HORIZON IS 10-FT-THICK FINE- TO MED-GRAINED SANDSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 79
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