Galpin & Vreeland Claim

The Galpin & Vreeland Claim is a manganese mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,196 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

Name: Galpin & Vreeland Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  Fremont

Elevation: 8,196 Feet (2,498 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 38.52806, -105.90639

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Galpin & Vreeland Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Galpin & Vreeland Claim


Commodity

Primary: Manganese


Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Wellsville Area


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: C. R. Galpin And Vreeland
Years: 1974 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1919
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

Type: R
Description: Northern Sangre De Cristo Range


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG MAVERICK GULCH NEAR CHAFFEE-FREMONT COUNTY BORDER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM MAS FILE 1976

Reference (Deposit): ROLD, J.W., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, NORTH FLANK OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS: COMPASS, V. 27.

Reference (Deposit): ROLD, J.W., 1961, THE STRUCTURE AND LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, COLORADO, IN SYMPOSIUM ON LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF COLORADO, 12TH FIELD CONFERENCE: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.


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