End of Trail Mine

Past Producer in Garfield county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013442
MRDS ID D009731
Record type Site
Current site name End of Trail Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.59093, 39.62915 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12 MILES N 57 E OF RIFLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deep Creek Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenwood Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters-Plateau(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 005S 091W 10 Colorado

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.59093, 39.62915

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description White River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline, Piceance Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Grand Hogback Monocline, Unnamed Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rifle District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Period -1971
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 1.96% V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 2wt-pct
  • Year 1971
    Period -1971
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.22% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Banke, Carl M. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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