Mine detail: Wellsville Deposit

Previously called 'Iron Mountain Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.48695, -105.86976

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Sangre De Cristo Formation
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone
Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Formation, Ne-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D004977
DEP	10010900
Reference	{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-892, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 15, P. 26-28.}
Reporter	Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.