Mine detail: Black Beauty Deposit

Previously called 'Crater Deposit'

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.56028, -105.96031
dep_id: 10017153
mrds_id: DC02997
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite, Siderite
Reporter: Unknown, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Metagabbro
hrock_type: Gabbro,Phyllite,Schist
arock_type: Gabbro
Structure: Southern Mosquito Range, Pleasant Valley Syncline, Nw-Trending Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS CAMERON MT. TOPO QUAD, 1956, 15 MIN
  • Deposit:: MICROFILM FILES, DOCUMENTS 2592 & 2593, MINERAL DEPOSITS BRANCH
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
  • Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.
  • Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.
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