Mine detail: Black Mountain Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.70278, -105.69392

Resource(B)

Primary:	Pumice
Tertiary:	Manganese

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Ash-Flow Tuff,Andesite
Associated rock:	Thirtynine Mile Andesite, Upper Memberf
Associated type:	Ash-Flow Tuff,Andesite
Structure:	Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center, Deposit Probably Part Of Landslide Deposits, Derived From Volcanic Rocks On Slopes
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mountains
Alteration processes:	Devitrification Of Glassy Units?

References

MRDS	DC00335
DEP	10016081
Reference	{Deposit:: BUSH, 1951; COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL.15,NO.8}{Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64}
Reporter	Unknown, Collins, Donna B.