The Little Indian No. 34 Prospect is a uranium mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,001 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: 11,001 Feet (3,353 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.42444, -106.30500
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Little Indian No. 34 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Indian No. 34 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Marshall Pass 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Chester Fault, Assay Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF LIME CREEK 700 FT SW OF LITTLE INDIAN NO. 36 MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES AT CONTACT BETWEEN DYER DOLOMITE MEMBER OF THE CHAFFEE FM AND LEADVILLE LIMESTONE. BEDS STRIKE EAST-WEST, DIP 40 DEG SOUTH IN SMALL FAULT BLOCK BOUNDED ON EAST BY NNW-TRENDING CHESTER FAULT AND OON WEST BY NNE-TRENDING BRANCH OF ASSAY FAULT, NATURE OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM--MARSHALL PASS DISTRICT, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO--FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 357-359.
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE PAHLONE PEAK QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE, AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-325.
Reference (Deposit): RANSPOT, H.W., 1958, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN CREEK AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: UNIV. COLORADO M.S. THESIS
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