Mine detail: Elarton Manganese Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.0239, -105.67752

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Hausmannite, Psilomelane

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Minturn Formation;Belden Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Faults, Gibson Peak Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010579
DEP	10094657
Reference	{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADR ANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628.}{Deposit:: MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 1 5, P. 70-71.}{Deposit:: USBM MILS LISTING 0081090070}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.