Mine detail: Mantle Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.43746, -108.76264

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic
Ore:	Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Hematite, Quartz, Travertine
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Limestone;Lodore Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau, Yampa Fault, Yampa Fold
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Central Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D009857
DEP	10013512
Reference	{Deposit:: HANSEN, W. R., AND CARRARA, P. E., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TANKS PEAK QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1534}{Deposit:: UNTERMANN, G. E., AND UNTERMANN, B.R., 1954, GEOLOGY OF DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT AND VICINITY, UTAH-COLORADO: UTAH GEOL. MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 42}{Deposit:: HEYL, A. V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.