Blackjack Group

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013944
MRDS ID D010516
Record type Site
Current site name Blackjack Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.9467, 38.6175 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 6.6 MILES N23E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salida East(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

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 050N 009E 02 NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR TURRET ROAD, ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF CALUMET MINE, SOUTH OF CAL UMET MOUNTAIN, SE OF RAILROAD GULCH, NEAR IRON KING MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Siderite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite (Calumet Granodiorite)
    Rock description Granodiorite (Calumet Granodiorite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone
    Rock description Leadville Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.9467, 38.6175

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S-Trending Fault, Pleasant Valley Syncline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphically Above Main Sill Of Granodiorite; Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1933

Mining district

District name Calumet District (Turret District)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 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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