Mine detail: Grapevine Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.67416, -105.2403

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Uraninite
Gangue:	Feldspar, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1955
Last production ended:	1968

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Springs Formation
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Bear Creek Shear Zone, Junction Ranch Fault, Cherry Gulch Fault
Tectonic:	Central. Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mts.

References

MRDS	D009848
DEP	10107985
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 192}{Deposit:: SCOTT, GLENN R., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-790 -A, 1:24,00}{Deposit:: KING, R.U., 1964, GRAPEVINE MINE, IN SIMS, P.K., AND SHERIDAN, D.M.,GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO; USGS BULL, 1159, P. 99-100}{Deposit:: GABLE, D.J., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE ROCKS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1251-E}{Production:: SIMS AND SHERIDAN, 1964, P. 96; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 192}
Reporter	Banke, Carl M. (Hasler, J. William)