Mine detail: Cason Manganese Prospect

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Location: La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.59945, -107.58841
dep_id: 10094661
mrds_id: D010703
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Metalliferous Veins Controlled By Regional Rectangular Fracture System In Granites And By Local Radial Fracture System Associated With Emplacement Of Chicago Basin Stock.
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Eolus Granite;Trimble Granite
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Trimble Granite;Intrusive Bodies And Related Rocks (Younger And Older Bodies Of Chicago Basin Stock)
arock_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)
discr: Dan Cason And Others
References:
  • 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.
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