Mine detail: Unnamed Manganese Prospect

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.5239, -105.46502
dep_id: 10013189
mrds_id: D009340
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore_ctrl: Faults, Fractures
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
hrock_type: Ash-Flow Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure: Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin, Currant Creek Fault Zone; Landslides Locally
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • Deposit:: CHAPIN, C.E., 1965, GEOLOGIC AND PETROLOGIC FEATURES OF THE THIRTY NINE MILE VOLCANIC FIELD, CENTRAL COLORADO: GOLDEN, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES D.SC. THESIS, 176 P.
  • Deposit:: WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.
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