Frazier Mine

The Frazier Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,550 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

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Site Name

Primary: Frazier Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Vanadium No. 1, MS 20496a
Secondary: Vanadium No. 2, MS 20496a
Secondary: Vanadium No. 3, MS 20496a
Secondary: Denver, MS 20496a
Secondary: National, MS 20496a
Secondary: Belvedere, MS 20496a
Secondary: Belvedere Mill Site, MS 20496b

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Lower San Miguel 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: Kendricks, A. W.
Home Office: Telluride, Co.
Years: 1951 -

Owner Name: Harry Bennett And Lawrence Ross
Home Office: Placerville
Years: 1951 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns

Type: L
Description: Placerville Anticline, Frazier Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): MINE LIES EAST OF FALL CREEK ON RIDGE NE OF VON FINTEL DRAW. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT IN PROJECTED S2 SE NE SEC. 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES NEAR WEST MARGIN OF MINERALIZED BELT. BEDS DIP VERY SLIGHTLY TO SE OFF NOSE OF PLACERVILLE ANTICLINE AND ARE CUT BY NE-TRENDING FRAZIER FAULT, DOWNTHROWN ON SW. NORTH OF MINE, BEDS INTRUDED BY E-W MICROGABBRO DIKE.

Comment (Workings): ONE HILLSIDE ADIT DRIVEN SE FOR 100 FT, THENCE SW FOR ABOUT 230 FT TO FACE ON FRAZIER FAULT.

Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. ANNUAL TOTALS UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS UP TO 1920 OR FOR LATER YEARS EXCEPT FOR 1951. FIRST CUMULATIVE TOTAL IS FISCHER AND OTHERS' ESTIMATE OF PRODUCTION UP TO 1920; OTHER CUMULATIVE FIGURES REPORTED BY NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS AND PROBABLY REPRESENTS TOTALS AFTER 1942.

Comment (Development): MINE PRODUCED BEFORE 1920; OPERATED AFTER 1942 BY U.S. VANADIUM CORP.

References

Reference (Production): FISCHER AND OTHERS, 1947, P. 132; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 417.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40. P. 417.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 20496A&B

Reference (Deposit): FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 19478 VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.

Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1960, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE CONE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1082-G.

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