The Galpin & Vreeland Claim is a manganese mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,196 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
Elevation: 8,196 Feet (2,498 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.52806, -105.90639
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Galpin & Vreeland Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Galpin & Vreeland Claim
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Wellsville Area
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: C. R. Galpin And Vreeland
Years: 1974 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1919
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: Northern Sangre De Cristo Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG MAVERICK GULCH NEAR CHAFFEE-FREMONT COUNTY BORDER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MAS FILE 1976
Reference (Deposit): ROLD, J.W., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, NORTH FLANK OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS: COMPASS, V. 27.
Reference (Deposit): ROLD, J.W., 1961, THE STRUCTURE AND LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, COLORADO, IN SYMPOSIUM ON LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF COLORADO, 12TH FIELD CONFERENCE: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
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