Pocahontas Mine

The Pocahontas Mine is a vanadium mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,399 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

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Site Name

Primary: Pocahontas Mine

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Lower San Miguel 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: Colorado Vanadium Corp.
Years: 1920 -

Production

Year: 1920
Time Period: 1919-1920
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Approx 2.5% V205

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1920
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, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns

Type: L
Description: Unnamed Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED ON SLOPES NORTH OF SAN MIGUEL RIVER BELOW SOUTH RIM OF HASTINGS MESA 2 MILES SE OF PLACERVILLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Deposit): BEDS DIP SEVERAL DEGREES TO NORTH AND NNW AND ARE CUT WEST OF MINE BY GENERALLY NORTH-TRENDING FAULT DIPPING 80 W AND TERMINATED ON NORTH BY SE END OF BLACK KING-WHITE SPAR FAULT SYSTEM. VANADIUM DEPOSIT LIES NEAR NE MARGIN OF PRINCIPAL MINERALIZED BELT SLIGHTLY NW FROM CENTER OF BELT.

Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY NE, EXTENT UNKNOWN; STOPES ON ORE BODY EXPOSED ON SURFACE

References

Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E.

Reference (Production): FISCHER AND OTHERS, 1947, P. 134.

Reference (Deposit): FISHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.

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