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Unnamed Manganese Occurrence

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013139
MRDS ID D009258
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.67394, 38.44361 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES S 63 E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Houston Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 003E 05,06,07 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN TRIBUTARY DRAINAGES OF HOUSTON GULCH AND RAZOR CREEK 2.5 TO 4.5 MILES WSW OF DOYLEVILLE, LAT-LONG GIVEN IS COMMON SECTION CORNER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Tuff Of Cochetopa Creek;Early Intermediate-Composition Breccia
    Rock description Tuff Of Cochetopa Creek;Early Intermediate-Composition Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Tuff Of Cochetopa Creek;Early Intermediate-Composition Breccia
    Rock description Tuff Of Cochetopa Creek;Early Intermediate-Composition Breccia
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.67394, 38.44361
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Razor Creek Dome; Tomichi Dome

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Doyleville Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEP. BRANCH MICROFILM, DOC. 2601 (FROM FORMER CRIB RECORD)

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOUSTON GULCH QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1287

  • Deposit

    MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 15, P. 40-42.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DETAILS OF THIS DEPOSIT ARE UNAVAILABLE BUT IT COULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE DESCRIBED BY MUILENBURG AT STEUBEN VALLEY AND SAPINERO (SW GUNN. CO.) WHERE HARD, BLACK PSILOMELANE FORMS VEINS AND STRINGERS IN TERTIARY LAVA FLOWS AND IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED AS CAVITY FILLINGS AND MATRIX REPLACEMENT IN VOLCANIC BRECCIAS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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