Mine detail: Buckley Field Manganese Deposits

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 39.62306, -104.54778

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Barite, Limonite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Dawson Formation;Denver Formation
Host type:Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:Denver Basin
Tectonic:Central Platform

References

MRDSD009444
DEP10013251
Reference{Deposit:: WELLS, R.R., AND OTHERS, 1952, BENEFICIATION OF OXIDE MANGANESE ORES FROM ARAPAHOE, DOUGLAS, SAGUACHE, CUSTER, CHAFFEE, AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM RI-4845, P. 3-6}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163}{Deposit:: TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 490-491.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.