Mine detail: Spartan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.61667, -105.94642

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Granodiorite (Calumet Granodiorite)
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Southern Mosquito Range, Ns-Trending Fault, Pleasant Valley Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	DC02836
DEP	10017076
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 472}{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.}{Deposit:: OSBORN, E.F. AND RAINWATER, E.H., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET, COLORADO.MINING DISTRICT: ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED MASTER OF ARTS THESIS, P. 132-133,}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Unknown, Collins, Donna B.