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Rifle Mine

Past Producer in Garfield county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263934
MRDS ID D009732
MAS/MILS ID 0080450016
Record type Site
Current site name Rifle Mine
Alternate or previous names Rifle Creek Mine
Related records 10090134

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.81456, 39.57278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rifle(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 004 S 092 W 35 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Roscoelite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 84M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 76
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1924

Mining district

District name Rifle

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION SOURCES: COLO. STATE BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPER

  • Deposit

    REPORTS AND E.R.D.A. COMPUTER PRINT OUT OF OPEN FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1993 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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