Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims

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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013444
MRDS ID D009736
Record type Site
Current site name Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims
Alternate or previous names Uv and Elk Van Tunnel Claims
Related records 10288593

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.64732, 39.68831 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12 MILES N 37 E OF RIFLE, Center Of Unsurveyed Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rifle Falls(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

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004S 091W 30 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • DIRECTLY NORTH OF WEST 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 Entrada Sandstone;Morrison Formation
    Rock description Entrada Sandstone;Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.64732, 39.68831

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 National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-82 Banke, Carl M. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.