Mine detail: Bionaz Group

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Location

Lat / long:

39.34693, -106.99841

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Alabandite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Maroon Formation;State Bridge Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Castle Creek Fault Zone, Roaring Fork Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Abundant Fe Oxidation

References

MRDS	D010143
DEP	10087810
Reference	{Deposit:: FREEMAN, V.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODY CREEK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND EAGLE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-967}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES ANN. OPERATORS AND INSPECTORS REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.