The Grapevine Mine is a mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,008 feet.
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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: 7,008 Feet (2,136 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.675, -105.24830
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Grapevine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grapevine Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Front Range
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: E. E. Lewis,Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1955
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE GRAPEVINE MINE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1 HALF MILE NORTH IDLEDALE,COLORADO. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO 4324, DAT AT THAT TIME, PRODUCTION WAS 77 TONS OF ORE, AVERAGING .29% AND .10% V205. THAT ORE WAS SHIPPED TO RIFLE, COLO., FOR MIL AN ESTIMATE OF 100 TONS INDICATED AND 100 TONS INFERRED ORE ING .29% U308 WAS MADE THEN. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, EXPLORATION, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CO EXPLORATION ASSISTANCE BE GRANTED. ADDITIONAL GEOLOGIC INFOR IN BACKUP FILE
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:MAS
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