Mine detail: Blackjack Group

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.6175, -105.9467
dep_id: 10013944
mrds_id: D010516
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite, Pyrolusite, Siderite
alteration: Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphically Above Main Sill Of Granodiorite; Fractures
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Leadville Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Granodiorite (Calumet Granodiorite)
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Southern Mosquito Range, N-S-Trending Fault, Pleasant Valley Syncline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1933
References:
  • Deposit:: OSBORN, E.F. AND RAINWATER, E.H., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET, COL ORADO MINING DISTRICT: ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED MA STER OF ARTS THESIS, P. 132-133
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOG IC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022 1:250,000
  • Deposit:: BEHRE, C.H., JR., OSBORN, E.F., RAINWATER, E.H., 1936, CONTACT ORE DEPOSITION AT THE CALUMET IRON MINE, COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 31 , NO. 8, P. 804.
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