Unnamed Manganese Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013189
MRDS ID D009340
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.46502, 38.5239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 6.5 MILES N 62 W OF PARKDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gribble Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 017S 072W 32 E2 OF SE NE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NORTH OF TALLAHASSEE CREEK ABOUT 1.5 MILES EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH NORTH, SOUTH AND MIDDLE TALLAHASSEE CREEKS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock unit name Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
    Rock description Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.46502, 38.5239

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault Zone; Landslides Locally

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tallahassee Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAPIN, C.E., 1965, GEOLOGIC AND PETROLOGIC FEATURES OF THE THIRTY NINE MILE VOLCANIC FIELD, CENTRAL COLORADO: GOLDEN, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES D.SC. THESIS, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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