The End of Trail Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Garfield county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 39.62917, -107.59028
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End of Trail Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: End of Trail Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Garfield
District: Rifle 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
Not available
Production
Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 1.96% V205
Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.22% U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: White River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline, Piceance Basin
Type: L
Description: Grand Hogback Monocline, 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
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST OF MAIN ELK CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN AEC CUMULATIVE ORE PRODUCTION FIGURES THROUGH 1971 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978)) AND SUM OF ANNUAL ORE PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM EXISTING COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, P. B., AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 156
Reference (Deposit): FISCHER, RICHARD P., 1960, VANADIUM-URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RIFLE CREEK AREA, GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1101
Reference (Deposit): COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978); COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
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