The Two Buttes Vanadium Occurrence is a mine located in Prowers county, Colorado at an elevation of 4,711 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,711 Feet (1,436 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.65944, -102.54167
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Two Buttes Vanadium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Two Buttes Vanadium Occurrence
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Prowers
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Las Animas Arch, Sierra Grande Uplift
Type: L
Description: Two Buttes Laccolithic Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 50.5% SIO2
Analytical Data: 0.033% V203
Analytical Data: 5 GRAM SAMPLE YIELDED 0.04% V205
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DIKES ARE RELATED TO TWO BUTTES LACCOLITHIC STOCK CLASSIFIED AS BIOTITE ANDESITE (?) PORPHYRY OF POSSIBLE LATE MIOCENE AGE. SANDERS' MAP SHOWS SEVERAL DIKES ACROSS COUNTY LINE IN BACA COUNTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): HILLEBRAND WED THE TERM SYENITE, BUT SANDERS REFERRED TO IT AS BASALT. INSUFFICIENT CHEMICAL ANALYSES TO CLASSIFY IT EXACTLY.
Comment (Location): 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR
Comment (Commodity): PYROXENE ANALYSIS YIELDED 0.043% V205; 0.036% V203; 51.5% SIO2
Comment (Deposit): APPROX. 50 DIKES REPORTED IN THE AREA. CRUDELY DISCERNIBLE SUBRADIAL ORIENTATION OF DIKES FROM TWO BUTTES LACCOLITHIC INTRUSION.
References
Reference (Deposit): SANDERS, C.W., 1934, GEOLOGY OF TWO BUTTES DOME IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO: AAPG BULL., V. 18, NO. 7, P. 860-870
Reference (Deposit): VOEGELI, P.T. AND HERSHEY, L.A., 1965, GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES OF PROWERS COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1772
Reference (Deposit): HILLEBRAND, W.F., 1900, DISTRIBUTION AND QUANTITATIVE OCCURRENCE OF VANADIUM AND MOLYBDENUM IN ROCKS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 167, P. 49-55
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