The Garfield Mine is a uranium, vanadium, lead, selenium, and chromium mine located in Garfield county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,250 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: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium, Lead, Selenium, Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.65694, -107.70444
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Garfield Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Garfield Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Lead
Primary: Selenium
Primary: Chromium
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
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Years: 1975 -
Owner Name: Oral C. Clark
Years: 1975 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Roscoelite
Ore: Pascoite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Montroseite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE IMMEDIATELY WEST OF EAST RIFLE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): AS OF 1971, 6.230 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED AT A GRADE OF 0.05% U308 AND 1.51% V205, PRODUCING 6,756 LBS OF U308 AND 188,498 LBS OF V205 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978). ESTIMATED CUMULATIVE TOTALS FOR U308 AND V205 ARE BASED ON THESE AEC FIGURES THROUGH 1971 PLUS ANNUAL TOTALS FROM COLO. DIV. MINES, 1973-1975.
Comment (Deposit): D002219 HAS BEEN MERGED INTO THIS RECORD AND DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.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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