End of Trail Mine

The End of Trail Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Garfield county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: End of Trail Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

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

Not available

Production

Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 1.96% V205
Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.22% U308

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: 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

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Location): WEST OF MAIN ELK CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Production): THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN AEC CUMULATIVE ORE PRODUCTION FIGURES THROUGH 1971 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978)) AND SUM OF ANNUAL ORE PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM EXISTING COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, P. 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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