The Jones Mine is a gold mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,065 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,065 Feet (2,763 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.68639, -108.03833
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Jones Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jones Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim: St. Louis
Secondary: Ms 8099
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Pioneer (Rico) District
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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1893
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin
Type: L
Description: Rico Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON HILLSIDE NORTH OF SULPHUR CREEK AND ARGONAUT MINE AND WEST OF IRON CLAD MINE (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FROM MCKNIGHT, 1974, PL. 1 (1930 BASE). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Deposit): LOWER HERMOSA FM INTRUDED BY HORNBLENDE LATITE PORPHYRY. SCATTERED POCKETS OF NATIVE AU AND SLIGHTLY AURIFEROUS PYRITE OCCUR IN CHALE BRECCIA ABOVE BEDDING FAULT 15 FT ABOVE PORPHYRY SILL, IN FRACTURES TERMINATING ON BRECCIA, IN BEDDING SEAM AT TOP OF FRACTURES 30 FT ABOVE SHALE BRECCIA. CALCITE AND LOOSE QUARTZ ARE SPARSE. DEPOSIT IS UNIQUE IN DISTRICT IN THAT ALL VALUES ARE FREE AU, BUT DEPOSIT WAS NOT VERY PROCDUCTIVE DUE TO ERRATIC OCCURRENCE OF AU POCKETS.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY WEST FOR 160 FT, THENCE SW FOR 335 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, P. 94-95.
Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 8099
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