The Picuris Placer Mine is a vanadium mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.80917, -106.07139
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Picuris Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Picuris Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Buena Vista Area
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): SPECIFIC LOCATIONS GIVEN FOR INTERSECTION OF SECTIONS 23, 25 AND 26. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Geology): THE GEOLOGY IN THIS AREA CONSISTS LARGELY OF GLACIAL SAND AND GRAVELS, PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM, TERTIARY DIKES (RHYODACITE AND DACITE), OLIGOCENE TUFFS, AND PRECAMBRIAN GRANODIORITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE (BOULDER CREEK AGE). IT IS NOT KNOWN IN WHICH FORMATION(S) THE PLACERS LIE.
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 472
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUENA VISTA QUADRANGLE, CHAFFEE AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-657, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
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