Mine detail: Big Buck Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.32805, -106.96396

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Maroon Formation;State Bridge Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Castle Creek Fault Zone, Roaring Fork Syncline
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010144
DEP10013709
Reference{Deposit:: FREEMAN, V.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODY CREEK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND EAGLE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-967}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES ANN. OPERATOR AND INSPECTORS REPT.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.