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Grapevine Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305371
MRDS ID D009848
MAS/MILS ID 0080590012
Record type Site
Current site name Grapevine Mine
Related records 10107985

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.24888, 39.67499 (WGS84)
Elevation 2136

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004 S 070 W 29 NESE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • THE GRAPEVINE MINE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1 HALF MILE NORTH IDLEDALE,COLORADO. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO 4324, DAT AT THAT TIME, PRODUCTION WAS 77 TONS OF ORE, AVERAGING .29% AND .10% V205. THAT ORE WAS SHIPPED TO RIFLE, COLO., FOR MIL AN ESTIMATE OF 100 TONS INDICATED AND 100 TONS INFERRED ORE ING .29% U308 WAS MADE THEN. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, EXPLORATION, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CO EXPLORATION ASSISTANCE BE GRANTED. ADDITIONAL GEOLOGIC INFOR IN BACKUP FILE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.24888, 39.67499
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 40E
    Depth to top 22.9M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N45W:40E
    Minimum Depth to Top 15.3
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Front Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. E. Lewis,Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MAS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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