Rifle Mine

The Rifle Mine is a mine located in Garfield county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,998 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rifle Mine
Secondary: Rifle Creek Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Garfield
District: Rifle

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

Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Discovery Year: 1909
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Uinta Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Roscoelite

Comments

Comment (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION METALS AND MINING BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION,COLORADO 81501 AS OF 1972 THE STATE BUREAU OF MINES REPORTED THAT THE PROPE CONSISTED OF 3-LEVELS OF ADITS. 0-LEVEL: 8FTX7FT EXTENDING 4000 FEET TO WORKING AREAS A-LEVEL : 8FTX7FT EXTENDING 4000 FEET TO WORKING AREAS SOUTH DRIFT: 9FTX8FT EXTENDING 3000 FEET TO WORKING AR THE A-LEVEL IS ABOUT 100 FEET BELOW THE 0-LEVEL AND THE B-L ABOUT 50 FEET BELOW THE A LEVEL. THE B-LEVEL IS OPENED BY A INCLINE FROM A LEVEL. 1969-1971 THE RIFLE MINES AVERAGE MONTHLY PRODUCTION WAS 400 OF 0.49% U308 AND 1.20% V205; IN 1972 THE AVG. MONTHLY PRODU WAS 7000 TONS

References

Reference (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCES: COLO. STATE BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPER

Reference (Deposit): REPORTS AND E.R.D.A. COMPUTER PRINT OUT OF OPEN FILE DATA

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