Mine detail: Leonard Mine

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Location: Douglas County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.39056, -104.75278
dep_id: 10094571
mrds_id: D009446
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Psilomelane
gangue: Barite, Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dawson Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure: Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift
tectonic: Central Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: WELLS, R.R., AND OTHERS, 1952, BENEFICIATION OF OXIDE MANGANESE ORES FROM ARAPAHOE, DOUGLAS, SAGUACHE, CUSTER, CHAFFEE, AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM RI-4845, P. 3-6.
  • Deposit:: TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GREATER DENVER AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-856-H
  • Deposit:: TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 490-491.
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