Mine detail: Unnamed Manganese Occurrence

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.44361, -106.67394
dep_id: 10013139
mrds_id: D009258
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Psilomelane
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Tuff Of Cochetopa Creek;Early Intermediate-Composition Breccia
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Quartz Latite
arock_unit: Tuff Of Cochetopa Creek;Early Intermediate-Composition Breccia
arock_type: Rhyolite,Quartz Latite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift, Razor Creek Dome; Tomichi Dome
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Ments Mtns); Colorado Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: MINERAL DEP. BRANCH MICROFILM, DOC. 2601 (FROM FORMER CRIB RECORD)
  • Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOUSTON GULCH QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1287
  • Deposit:: MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 15, P. 40-42.
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