Mine detail: Cason Manganese Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

37.59945, -107.58841

Resource(M)

Primary:

Manganese

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Eolus Granite;Trimble Granite
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Trimble Granite;Intrusive Bodies And Related Rocks (Younger And Older Bodies Of Chicago Basin Stock)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, San Juan Basin, San Juan Volcanic Field, Needle Mtns Uplift, Chicago Basin Stock, Eolus Batholith, Trimble Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010703
DEP	10094661
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHMITT, L.J., AND RAYMOND, W.H., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1434, 40 P.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F.}{Deposit:: MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 15, P. 49.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.