The Coal Creek No. 1 Claim is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Rio Blanco county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,599 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: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.11389, -107.65972
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Coal Creek No. 1 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coal Creek No. 1 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Rio Blanco
District: Coal Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: White River Uplift, Axial Basin Arch
Type: L
Description: Danforth Hills Anticline, Sulphur Creek Syncline, Unnamed Anticline
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 (Production): 5,105 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED BY 1971, AT GRADES OF 0.29% U308 AND 0.76% V205, PRODUCING 29,405 LBS OF U308 AND 77,942 LBS OF V205 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978).
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. 378
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972, 1: 250,000.
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