The Rifle Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Garfield county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,850 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: 6,850 Feet (2,088 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 39.66583, -107.68667
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Rifle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rifle Mine
Secondary: Rifle Creek Mine
Secondary: Oriole Claims
Secondary: North Star Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Selenium
Tertiary: 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.
Owner Name: Oral C. Clark
Years: 1975 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Discovery Year: 1909
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: Montroseite
Ore: Roscoelite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.75 MILES EAST OF EAST RIFLE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER ISM0772 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD
Comment (Production): AS OF 1971, 387, 613 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED AT GRADES OF 0.07% U308 AND 1.51% V205, PRODUCING 545, 260 LBS OF U308 AND 11, 728, 996 LBS OF V205. (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978). ESTIMATED CUMULATIVE TOTALS FOR U308 AND V205 ARE BASED ONTHESE AEC FIGURES THROUGH 1971 PLUS ANNUAL TOTALS FROM COLO. DIV. MINES, 1974-75.
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. 157.
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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