Little Joe Claims

The Little Joe Claims is a silver mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,029 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

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Site Name

Primary: Little Joe Claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Huerfano

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Wet Mountains Uplift

Type: L
Structure: NW trending fault
Description: Greenhorn Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Description: biotite gneiss and schist
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM SHEARED GNEISS IN TRENCH WALL CONTAINED 0.2 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): ONE TRENCH AND TWO PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Location): BETWEEN CUSTER CREEK AND TURKEY CREEK 5.4 MILES WNW FROM GREENHORN MOUNTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR TRENCH IN NE NE SEC. 09. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.

Reference (Deposit): GASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MI LA 26-83.

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