Little Abner Mine

The Little Abner Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Abner Mine
Secondary: Little Abner No. 1
Secondary: Little Abney

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Tallahassee Creek

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Leonard Harvey

Owner Name: Cotter Corp.
Years: 1971 -

Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: 1962-1963
Material type: U ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.36% U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1962
Discovery Year: 1955
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

Model Name: Sandstone U

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin

Type: L
Description: Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys, Mary L Thrust Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Production): ABOVE PRODUCTION IS FROM THE GOLCONDA DISTRICT.

Comment (Workings): ADITS, PITS, PLACER

Comment (Development): MAJOR MINES: MADISON, SILVER TIP, BIG CHIEF, GOLCONDA, AND COPPER NUGGET. KYLER HAS THE SILICA DEPOSIT.

Comment (Location): Large pit with several other names and/or leases. Nearby is the Smaller Lease, the Joan 2 Mine, and the Mary L. Group. North of main part of district.

References

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 150.

Reference (Deposit): EPIS, R.C. WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.

Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978

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