Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims

The Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Garfield county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 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: Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims  

State:  Colorado

County:  Garfield

Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)

Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium

Lat, Long: 39.68833, -107.64667

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Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims
Secondary: Uv and Elk Van Tunnel Claims


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Garfield
District: Rifle District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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: 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: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite


Comments

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

Comment (Production): AS OF 1971, 22 TONS HAD BEEN MINED AT A GRADE OF 0.16% U308 AND 1.6% V205, PRODUCING 72 LBS OF U308 AND 737 LBS OF V205.


References

Reference (Deposit): FISCHER, RICHARD P., 1960, VANADIUM - URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RIFLE CREEK AREA, GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1101

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. 156


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