The Jones & Young Lease is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.37056, -105.74417
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Jones & Young Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jones & Young Lease
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Feldspar
Secondary: Quartz
Secondary: Beryllium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Pleasanton 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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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: Pegmatites
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains
Type: L
Description: Near Pleasant Valley Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Feldspar
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON HILL NE OF PLEASANTON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976) (1976)
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PEG: N-S VERTICAL
Comment (Workings): TRENCH
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
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