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Calcite from
Rifle Mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rifle Mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:307481
Long-form Identifier:1:3:307481:7
GUID (UUID V4):7a7ba77f-c0c3-468e-861d-65eb938dacd0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.8km (1.1 miles) Garfield Mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Sunshine Lode Mine (Grandview Mine), Rifle Creek Mining District, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
30.0km (18.7 miles) Carbonate Mining District, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
59.6km (37.0 miles) Ryan Gulch, Piceance Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, USA
70.1km (43.6 miles) Panco Manganese Deposit, Snowmass Area, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
83.9km (52.1 miles) Inez, Marble Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
84.2km (52.3 miles) Black Queen Shaft (McVey Tunnel; Fargo Claim; Black Queen Mine), Marble Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
86.7km (53.9 miles) Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
88.0km (54.7 miles) Road side quarry on Hwy 131, Wolcott, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
90.4km (56.2 miles) Fulford Cave, Fulford Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Vanadium-Uranium Deposits of the Rifle Creek Area, Garfield County, Colorado By RICHARD P. FISCHER With a...1910Vanadium-uranium deposits of the Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, by Richard P. Fischer. With...ores-Colorado-Garfield Co. I. Botinelly, Theodore, 1916II. Title: Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado...the Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colo. 2. Fracture-pattern map of the .Rifle and Garfield mines...mines showing structure contours in the Rifle mine. 3. Map showing the trends of ore rolls and the approximate
Report (issue)
'^December ' * GEOLOGY *OF TEE MILE CHEEK VAH^DIIM AREA, GARHELD GOIMT, COLOEAiX) i .- U£ - - - «-....the -Eifle,. and Garfield mines, about. 13 miles northeast of Rifle, Garfifeid County,. Colo* - -She"deposit...-She"deposit at the Rifle mine has-been the most proiictiv^e JQ£ iihe/vanadium^bearing sandstone, type of...fonnation in the area «hown on the icap^nd 4ia...the : adjoining: area to .the .east. - 2he total production...: deposits Ti.s .abput '500,0.00 tons. | * The area;ito";exami5i^.and: :mapp"e
Report (issue)
Mesaverde Group, Central Grand Hogback, Garfield County, Colorado U. S. G E 0 L 0 G I C A L S U R V E Y...Mesaverde Group, Central Grand Hogback, Garfield County, Colorado By DAWN J. MADDEN U.S. G E 0 L 0 G I...correlations of the Trout Creek Sandstone Member and adjacent sandstone members between Rifle Gap and New Castle...Mesaverde Group, Central Grand Hogback, Garfield County, Colorado (U.S. Geological Survey professional paper;...3. Paleogeography-Colorado-Garfield County. 4. Coal-Geology-Colorado-Garfield County. I. Title. II. Series:
Report (issue)
Low-Permeability Reservoirs, Piceance Basin, Western Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1787-E Chapter...Low-Permeability Reservoirs, Piceance Basin, Western Colorado By RONALD C. JOHNSON A multidisciplinary approach...low-permeability reservoirs, Piceance Basin, western Colorado. (Evolution of sedimentary basins Uinta and Piceance... Geology Colorado Piceance Creek Watershed. 2. Gas, Natural Geology Colorado Piceance Creek Watershed...perforations, Piceance basin, Colorado. Detailed measured sections, Piceance basin, Colorado. FIGURES 1-3. Maps
Report (issue)
Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States Part 3. Colorado By ALLEN V. HEYL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...deposits and the resources of oxidized zin.c ores in Colorado UNITED STATES· GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...19180xidized zinc deposits of the United States. Part 3. Colorado. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. vi...Bibliography : p. 88-91. 1. Zinc ores-Colorado. 2. Zinc mines and mining-Colorado. I. Title. (Series) For sale...district________________________________________ Garfield County_______________________________________________
Report (issue)
Paleocene strata in and around the Piceance Basin, Colorado: Preliminary results and their bearing on a fracture-controlled...standards and stratigraohic nomenclature. Denver, Colorado TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTOCT INTRCDUCTICN LITH3JOG/...FRA^IURE PATTERNS Area 1. Grand Hogback monocline Area 2. Rifle Gap DISCUSSION AREAS 1 NV> 2 Area 3. West of...of the Grand Hogback Area 4. Near the MflX site Area 5. DeBeque Canyon PART II TCPIGVL STIDIES OF JOINTS...Paleocene strata in and around the Piceance Basin, Colorado: Preliminary results and their bearing on a fracture-controlled
Journal (issue)
PICK&PACK Volume 50 BABY PACK YOUR LEAVING TRUNK: RIFLE FALLS BY DR. MIKE NELSON, CSMS As I sit here on...for Colorado is one of the great states in the Union for Fig. 1. The Grand Hogback north of Rifle along...along Colorado 13. Photo a personal discovery, in out of the way places, by author. for all things geologic...really knowing where I was going, and ended up at Rifle Falls. There have been an innumerable number of...travels along the Colorado River and both breach the Hogback near New Castle. At Rifle the Grand Hogback
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation ........................ The southwest Colorado region ............................ Silver Reef...StatesVanadiumCorporation,Mr. Frank Wilson of Naturita, Colorado,and Mr. S. G. Lasky of the United States GeologicalSurvey...time existedin the Morrison rocks" = in western Colorado and eastern Utah. Recordsplaceproductionat Silver...sandstone Placerville, Colo. (i9o9-I923) ........... Rifle, Colo. (I925-i932) ............... Estimate. 3... p. 586, x92o. 4 Henderson, C. W.: Mining in Colorado. U.S. P. 47, x926. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper x38
Report (issue)
Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Colorado Plateau Uranium Ores Compiled by ROBERT M. GARRELS and ESPER...provided an unequaled opportunity to investigate the Colorado Plateau uranium ores. This volume summarizes the...uranium deposits than those represented on the Colorado Plateau. The general patterns of the oxidation...Introduction. 1 Part 1. Geologic setting of the Colorado Plateau ores, by Alice D. Weeks and R. M. Garrels________...of the uranium deposit at the Happy Jack mine, San Juan County, Utah, by Albert F. Trites, Jr., Randall
Report (volume)
. 234 " y { " ,-t .. .~,:",. I " , COLORADO "or.! _ +, (~ STATE OF .~ :'(' COL~ADO /... BULLETIN 40 RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BlaLlllGRAPHY by James L. Nelson-Moore,...Energy COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESUURCES STATE OF COLORADO DENVER, COLORADO 1978...ete 11 st r ng of rad i aaet 1ve occurrences 1n Colorado, with a comprehensive blbi iography and bibliographic...association of radium, uranium. and vanadIum on the Colorado Plateau sparked several periods of exploratIon
Report (issue)
of the Piceance Creek Basin Between the Colorado and White Rivers Northwestern Colorado By JOHN R. DONNELL...__--_---_--_-__-_-----_-----___-_-------_-__.____--Location of area..._-_-_-_--__-------_-_-___-_-_-_-___-________ Purpose...series_--___-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_______.________ Ohio Creek conglomerate.______________________________ Paleocene...............................iL.. 847 Douglas Creek member______________________!____ Garden Gulch ...member. _____________________________ Parachute Creek member_________i_________________ Lower and middle
Report (volume)
Utah 5 Lance Creek, Wyoming 5 Lone Tree deposit, San Rafael Swell, Utah 5 Maybell, Colorado 5 Palangana...Limestone Member of the Wanakah Formation of the Grants area, New Mexico 6 Geology of uranium occurrences that...petroliferous materials 7 Carlsbad, New Mexico 7 Chalone Creek, California 7 Edna, California 7 Ellis, Missouri...Morrison Formation of the Grants area, New Mexico 9 Rifle Creek, Colorado 9 Shirley Basin, Wyoming 10 White...associations with petroliferous materials 10 Anderson mine, Date Creek Basin, Arizona 10 Cameron, Arizona 10 Edgemont
Report (issue)
SURVEY Papers presented April 27-28, 1977, at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden CIRCULAR 753 United...Conference was held April 27 and 28, 1977, at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden. This was the second conference...writing to Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. Authors stationed in Reston, Virginia,...pyroxenite dikes in nepheline syenite of the Ekiek Creek pluton, western Alaska, by Alan R. Wallace and John...John W. Cady A theory for the origin of the Rifle-Garfield vanadium-uranium deposit, by C. S. Spirakis
Report (issue)
Survey, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. CONTENTS MINERALOGY/PETROLOGY ...a Fault-Controlled Cave in Precambrian Gneiss, Colorado Front Range by Peter J. Mbdreski, Earl R. Verbeek...Monodisperse Colloids from a Stream Contaminated by Acid Mine Drainage by Kathleen S. Smith, James F. Ranville...Relationships, K-Ar Ages, and Isotopic Data from the Willow Creek Gold Mining District, Southern Alaska by Dawn J.............................. Reconnaissance of Colorado Front Range Bogs for Uranium and Other Elements
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1990). Estimatesof the ageof ore formation on the Colorado Plateau indicate that the solution interfac.... Uraniumdepositshostedby Jurassicrockson the Colorado Plateauhavebeen dated usingU-Pb isotopesystematics...Wash Member of the JurassicMorrisonFormationin Colorado and Utah formed during the Early Cretaceous(110...is uncertain becausethe Entrada is Miguel County, Colorado,was chosenfor this investiga- coveredor missing...red to light pink Entrada Sandstone.The Leopard Creek placedduringthe Laramideorogeny(Bushet al., 1959
Report (issue)
Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology 1983 by Atnerican Geological Institute Colorado Geological Survey...Resources Denver, Colorado I 1987 Information Series 21 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF COLORADO GEOLOGY 1983...Geological Institute Colorado Geological Survey Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1987 The Colorado...opportunity employer. ii BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF COLORADO GEOLOGY SERIALS LIST AAPG Bullett n. [Tulsa...Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research, University of Colorado, 1969-. ASTM Special Technical Publication= American
Report (issue)
CIRCULAR 215 URANIUM IN THE METAUMINING DISTRICTS OF COLORADO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Douglas...215 URANIUM IN THE METAL-MINING DISTRICTS OF COLORADO By R. U. King, B. F. Leonard, F. B. Moore, and...C. URANIUM IN THE METAL-MINING DISTRICTS OF COLORADO By R. U. King, B. F. Leonard, F. B. Moore, and...showing the distribution of uranium deposits in Colorado. Relation of pitchblende deposits to bostonite...bostonite dikes in the Front Range mineral belt, Colorado .......................... Relation of pitchblende
Report (issue)
diagenesis of a tabular uranium deposit, La Sal mine, San Juan County, Utah By Robert A. Brooks and John A. Campbell...La Sal mine area, San Juan County, Utah -- 3 2.--Generalized structural map of the La Sal mine and La...La Sal Creek Mineral Belt 4 3.--Uranium and vanadium content of samples 6 4.--Heavy mineral content...diagenesis of a tabular uranium deposit, La Sal mine, San Juan County, Utah By Robert A. Brooks and John A. Campbell...Sal mine, San Juan County, Utah, occurs as a typical tabular-type uranium deposit of the Colorado Plateau
Report (issue)
bitumens in Eocene rocks of Piceance Creek basin, northwestern Colorado By R. B. O 1 Sullivan 1 and T. G............................ BITUMENS IN PICEANCE CREEK BASIN................................... SUBSURFACE...Figure 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Map of northwestern Colorado and adjacent areas......... Generalized section........................... Index map of Piceance Creek basin....................... Infrared spectra of...properties of samples of bitumen from Piceance Creek basin................. 9 INTRODUCTION Solid hydrocarbons
Book (edition)
—Roadside Geology Series $14.00 RCMDSIDE EOLOGY of COLORADO Halka Chronic MAP SYMBOLS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS...gneiss Q. Gneiss & schist roadside geology of Colorado Halka Chronic MOUNTAIN PRESS PUBLISHING CO. Missoula...Roadside Geology of Colorado Bibliography: p. 1. Geology—Colorado—Guide-books. Colorado. I. Title. QE91.C49...and the rugged volcanic regions of southwestern Colorado are geologi¬ cally and scenically different from...This book is designed to give to Coloradoans and Colorado visitors - especially those with little or no
Report (volume)
from sandstone-type deposits such as those on the Colorado Plateau. In other parts of the world most uranium...Witwatersrand of South Africa and the Blind River area of Ontario, Canada, and from vein-type deposits...been from sandstone-type uranium deposits on the Colorado Plateau where the bulk of uranium ore has been...of deposits and occurrences of uranium on the Colorado Plateau. The U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin...basis of permanent value or interest. Because the Colorado Plateau is the center of the uranium mining industry
Report (issue)
Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989 Colorado Geological Survey Department of...Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 Information Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989...Institute under contract to the Colorado Geological Survey Colorado Geological Survey Department of...of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 ii FOREWORD In recognition of the need to more effectively...published literature on the state's geology, the Colorado Geological Survey is pleased to release Information
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR BULLETIN 415 COAL FIELDS OF NORTHWESTERN COLORADO AND NORTHEASTERN UTAH BY HOYT S. GALE WASHINGTON................................................ Colorado Plateau.........................................section .................................. 56 Coal Creek section.................................... 56 Cretaceous..................................... 104 Douglas Creek uplift.............................................:..... 107 CHAPTER III. Grand Hogback field, Colorado................................. 109 Outline and
Report (volume)
of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: TEI-287, Jan. 11, 1954...Results of exploration at the Old Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County, Colo.: TEM-292, Mar. 30, 1953. D, GJ....N., The pegmatites of the Errington-Thiel mine, Elko County, Nevada: TEI-71, Dec. 28, 1949. Office of...Ridge, and West End claims near Clancy, Jefferson County, Mont.: TEM-31, Oct. 19, 1951. D, SL, T. (332,...Geology of the Small Horn Canyon, Daly's Spur, Cedar Creek and Dell areas, southwestern Montana: Dec. 8, 1949
Report (issue)
the Green River Formation in the Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado By Roy-L. Griggs Open-file report 1968...Historical summary Purpose of this investigation Area studied 1 2 2 3 - 3 Methods of investigation...Formation The altered ash-fall beds of the Parachute Creek Member General characteristics Key beds and groups...Outline of the part of the Piceance Creek Basin between the Colorado and White Rivers. Columnar sections...map of Colorado showing location of Piceance Creek Basin Diagrammatic sketch from west to east across
 
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