Fall Creek Mine

The Fall Creek Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,219 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: Fall Creek Mine
Secondary: Fall Creek Group
Secondary: Patented Claims: Fall Creek, MS 19937a
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 1, MS 19937a
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 2, MS 19937a
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 3, MS 19937a
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 4, MS 19937a
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 5, MS 19937a
Secondary: Fall Creek Mill Site, MS 19937b
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 6, MS 20140
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 7, MS 20140
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 8, MS 20140
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 9, MS 20140
Secondary: Fall Creek No. 10, MS 20140

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Lower San Miguel District

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: Foote Minerals
Home Office: Shiprock, N.M.
Years: 1967 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1957
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

Form: CIRCULAR, ELONGATE

Structure

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

Type: L
Description: Placerville Anticline, Unnamed Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: COLEMAN AND DELEVAUX'S (1957) PYRITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.41% SE

Materials

Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 19937A&B, 20140

Reference (Deposit): COLEMAN, R.G., AND DELEVAUX, MARYSE, 1957, OCCURRENCE OF SELENIUM IN SULFIDES FROM SOME SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 52, P. 499-527.

Reference (Production): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; FISHCER AND OTHERS, 1947, P. 131; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 416

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

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 416.

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

Reference (Deposit): FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.

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