The Kathy Jo and Irishman's Dream Claims is a uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,599 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: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.37028, -106.73389
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Kathy Jo and Irishman's Dream Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kathy Jo and Irishman's Dream Claims
Secondary: East Mine
Secondary: Lost Nueve Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District
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
Owner Name: Gunnison Mining Co.
Years: 1962 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1962
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: San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOMETRIC AND CHEMICAL ASSAYS (RESPECTIVELY) OF FOUR SAMPLES GAVE 0.05 AND 0.05% U3O8, 0.10 AND 0.13% U3O8, 0.201 AND 0.236% U3O8, 0.448 AND 0.47% U3O8. BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.04 MR/HR, MAXIMUM 0.38 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Uranophane
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Development): DISTRICT MINED PREVIOUSLY FOR AU AND BASE METALS. GUNNISON MINING CO. DISCOVERED URANIUM IN 1954 ALONG LOS OCHOS FAULT.
Comment (Workings): 190-FT INCLINED SHAFT, 265 FT OF DRIFT, 22-FT RAISE, 20-FT WINZE
Comment (Location): ON PROMINENT KNOLL 0.3 MILE ENE OF THORNBURG MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Production): SEE THORNBURG MINE FOR COMBINED URANIUM ORE PRODUCTION 1954-62
References
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1616
Reference (Deposit): MALAN, R.C., AND RANSPOT, H.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE COCHETOPA MINING DISTRICT, SAGUACHE AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 54, NO. 1, P. 1-19.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 391-392
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RAZOR CREEK DOME QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-748
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