Spartan Mine

Producer in Chaffee 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017076
MRDS ID DC02836
Record type Site
Current site name Spartan Mine
Related records 10134783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.94642, 38.61667 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 6.5 MILES N25E 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 50N 09E 02 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALL LOCATIONS GIVEN ARE ESTIMATED. THE CLAIMS LIE NEAR THE WHITEHEAD ROAD AT THE BASE OF CAMERON MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite 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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone
    Rock description Leadville Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.94642, 38.61667

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphically Above Main Sill Of Granodiorite; Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turret District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.