Mine detail: Mantle Mine

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Location: Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.43746, -108.76264
dep_id: 10013512
mrds_id: D009857
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Hematite, Quartz, Travertine
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Madison Limestone;Lodore Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure: Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau, Yampa Fault, Yampa Fold
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Central Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1875
discr: John Mantle
References:
  • 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
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