The A.E. Jones Claim is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,120 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: 8,120 Feet (2,475 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.59528, -105.52472
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A.E. Jones Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: A.E. Jones Claim
Secondary: Taylor Soda Springs
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Tallahassee Creek
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin
Type: L
Description: Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay;
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
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
Analytical Data: CHIP AND GRAB SAMPLES RANGE FROM 33 TO 100 TIMES BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY. RADIOACTIVITY IS MORE CONCENTRATED IN "RED STREAKS" NEAR SPRINGS. WATER ANALYSES SHOW 960 PPB URANIUM, 460 PC/L RADIUM AND 13,000 PC/L RADON
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT TAYLOR SODA SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PIT
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 GROUND-WATER IN AREA AS HIGH AS 900 PPB. ONE OF THE SPRINGS AT THIS LOCATION IS STILL ACTIVE, WITH GAS CONTINUALLY BUBBLING.
References
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. 144.
Reference (Deposit): EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.
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.
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