Mine detail: Black Beauty Deposit

Previously called 'Crater Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.56028, -105.96031

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Ore: Limonite, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite, Siderite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Metagabbro
Host type:Gabbro,Phyllite,Schist
Associated type:Gabbro
Structure:Southern Mosquito Range, Pleasant Valley Syncline, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSDC02997
DEP10017153
Reference{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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