The Little Joe Claims is a silver mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,029 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: 9,029 Feet (2,752 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.89361, -105.11028
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Little Joe Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Joe Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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: Wet Mountains Uplift
Type: L
Structure: NW trending fault
Description: Greenhorn Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Description: biotite gneiss and schist
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM SHEARED GNEISS IN TRENCH WALL CONTAINED 0.2 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE TRENCH AND TWO PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Location): BETWEEN CUSTER CREEK AND TURKEY CREEK 5.4 MILES WNW FROM GREENHORN MOUNTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR TRENCH IN NE NE SEC. 09. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.
Reference (Deposit): GASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MI LA 26-83.
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