Mine detail: Rifle Mine

Previously called 'Rifle Creek MineOriole ClaimsNorth Star Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.66581, -107.68733

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Lead, Selenium, Chromium
Ore:	Carnotite, Montroseite, Roscoelite, Tyuyamunite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1909

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Entrada Sandstone;Navajo Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	White River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline, Piceance Basin, Grand Hogback Monocline, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009732
DEP	10090134
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 157.}{Deposit:: FISCHER, RICHARD P., 1960, VANADIUM-URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RIFLE CREEK AREA, GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1101}{Deposit:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978); COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Banke, Carl M.