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US Mine Database

This project task is focused on defining mines in the US that have shale exposures potentially useful for experimentation and testing.

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The following table includes western US mines that contain fine-grained materials, i.e., shale, with the local stratigrpahy.
Site					State		County			Commodity
Leadville District			Colorado	Lake			Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver
Galpin & Vreeland Claim			Colorado	Fremont			Manganese
Little Mattie Lode			Colorado	Las Animas		Gold, Silver, Lead
Monitor Lode				Colorado	Las Animas		Gold
Uncle Sam Lode				Colorado	Las Animas		Gold
Pitch Mine				Colorado	Saguache		Uranium
Brown Bear Mine				Colorado	Montezuma		Copper
Dixie Queen Mine			Colorado	Montezuma		Copper
Red Gulch Mine				Colorado	Fremont			Copper
Copper Prince Mine			Colorado	Fremont			Copper
Pine Canyon Lode			Colorado	Fremont			Uranium
Marsh Gulch Prospects			Colorado	Fremont			Silver
Ashland-Ten Broeck Mines		Colorado	La Plata		Silver, Gold
Bessie G. Mine				Colorado	La Plata		Gold, Silver
Cumberland Mine				Colorado	La Plata		Gold, Silver
Bullseye Mine				Colorado	Huerfano		Gold, Lead, Silver
Climax Tunnel				Colorado	Costilla		Gold
Spanish Gold Mine Lode			Colorado	Las Animas		Gold
Copper Queen Mine			Colorado	Costilla		Copper
Bell Hamilton Mine			Colorado	Montezuma		Silver, Copper
Missouri Girl Mine			Colorado	Montezuma		Copper
Dilley Lease				Colorado	Fremont			Uranium
Colorado Zinc Company Mine		Colorado	Custer			Lead, Zinc
Garibaldi Tunnel			Colorado	Lake			Lead
Garbutt					Colorado	Lake			Manganese
Diamond Mine				Colorado	Lake			Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Jay Gould Mine				Montana		Lewis and Clark	Silver, Gold
New World				Montana		Park			Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
Black Pine Mine				Montana		Granite			Gold, Silver
Alliance Tunnel				Utah		Summit			Silver, Lead
Silver Reef Mine			Utah		Tooele			Gold, Silver
Leefe Mine				Wyoming		Lincoln			Phosphorus-Phosphates
Raymond Canyon Phosphate		Wyoming		Lincoln			Phosphorus-Phosphates
South Mountain Mine			Wyoming		Lincoln			Phosphorus-Phosphates
Source: Mineral Resources Data System, http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/find-mrds.php.