Little Maude Mine

The Little Maude Mine is a copper mine located in Montezuma county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,159 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 Maude Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Montezuma
District: Mcelmo Creek (Ute Mountains) 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin

Type: L
Description: Mabel Mountain Bysmalith, Ute Peak Stock, North Black Mountain Laccolith, Ute Dome

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): APPROX 50-FT DRIFT HEADING PROBABLY GENERALLY NORTH

Comment (Deposit): DRIFT FOLLOWS NE-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE THAT MAY BE PART OF UTE CREEK DIKE SYSTEM. BACK OF DRIFT IS BASE OF THIN SILL WITHIN MABEL MOUNTAIN BYSMALITH IN CONTACT WITH BAKED AND SHEARED LIMY MUDSTONE OF MANCOS SHALE.

References

Reference (Deposit): EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1955, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.

Reference (Deposit): EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 66-67.

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