Mine detail: Unnamed Manganese Prospect

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.36139, -107.18396
dep_id: 10014422
mrds_id: D011178
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Psilomelane
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Lake Fork Formation--Tuffaceous Gravel And Volcanic Conglomerate
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Sapinero Mesa Tuff
arock_type: Rhyolite,Quartz Latite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Uplift, Gunnison Gold Belt, Unnamed Faults, Tolvar Peak Stock
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL, 15, P. 37-44.
  • Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.
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