The Misery Mines is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.46806, -105.53778
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Misery Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Misery Mines
Secondary: Joe and Bob Claims
Secondary: Satan Group
Secondary: Misery Mine 7
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Echo Park Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Year: 1956
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.17% U308, 0.08% V205
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1952
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys, Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspars To Clay
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSITS LOCALIZED AND PRESERVED BY SLUGGISH GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT IN AREA. THOSE CONDITIONS STILL PRESENT AS EVIDENCED BY ARTESIAN PRESSURE IN WELLS AND SPRINGS ISSUING FROM ECHO PARK FORMATION AND BY A PRESENT URANIUM CONTENT OF GROUNDWATER IN AREA AS HIGH AS 900 PPB.
Comment (Production): FROM MISERY MINE 7
Comment (Location): THESE CLAIMS EXTEND INTO PARTS OF SECTIONS 9-11, 13-16, 24-25 ACCORDING TO VARIOUS REFERENCES; UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
References
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 150.
Reference (Deposit): DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAX. 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.
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