The M & J Claim is a copper, silver, and lead mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.24361, -107.21194
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M & J Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: M & J Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Avalanche District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Central Colorado Trough, Grand Hogback Monocline, Piceance Basin, Elk Uplift
Type: L
Description: Roaring Fork Syncline, Snowmass Stock, Mt Sopris Intrusive Center, Crystal Embayment
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): ECKEL CITES GENERAL LOCATION ALONG BULLDOG CREEK, BUT EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CONFLUENCE OF BULLDOG CREEK AND AVALANCHE CREEK IN SW SW 27.
Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES OCCUR AS STRINGERS AND SMALL MASSES IN MATRIX OF RECRYSTALLIZED SANDSTONE. PSEUDOEUTECTITIC INTERGROWTH OF STROMEYERITE AND GALENA; SUPERGENE COVELLITE REPLACES STROMEYERITE; SOME GRAPHIC INTERGROWTH OF COVELLITE AND CERUSSITE.
Comment (Deposit): SPRING BUTTE MINE AND M & J CLAIM ARE ONLY PROPERTIES DESCRIBED FOR AVALANCHE DISTRICT. EXACT LOCATION OF M & J CLAIM UNKNOWN. OTHER UNIDENTIFIED MINE IN SW SW SEC. 26, CLAIMS IN NW SEC. 27, NE SEC. 28, AND NE SEC. 34, ALL T 9 S, R 88 W. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO--A 100-YEAR RECORD: USGS BULL. 1114, P. 312-313.
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999.
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