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Big Buck Mine

Occurrence in Pitkin 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013709
MRDS ID D010144
Record type Site
Current site name Big Buck Mine
Related records 10142870

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.96396, 39.32805 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MILES S 54 E FROM BASALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(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 Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008S 086W 26 CENTER Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN BUT GENERALLY GIVEN AS ONE MILE EAST OF SNOWMASS. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER OF SEC. 26 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Maroon Formation;State Bridge Formation
    Rock description Maroon Formation;State Bridge Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.96396, 39.32805
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description Castle Creek Fault Zone, Roaring Fork Syncline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snowmass Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tanner And Prisley
    Home office Basalt, Co.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Guy B. Hilton
    Home office Lubbock, Tx.
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FREEMAN, V.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODY CREEK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND EAGLE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-967

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES ANN. OPERATOR AND INSPECTORS REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLE VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH INFERRED WNW TREND OF BRANCH OF CASTLE CREEK FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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