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Harris Mn Deposit

Past Producer in Elbert 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 10017547
MRDS ID DC03752
Record type Site
Current site name Harris Mn Deposit
Alternate or previous names Old Fred Smith Ranch Deposit
Related records 10263712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.6325, 39.15278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 7 MILES S45W FROM ELBERT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elbert(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Valley School(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Castle Rock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle South Platte-Cherry Creek(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Elbert

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 10S 65W 26 SW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SMALL TRIBUTARY OF RUNNING CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974) (1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dawson Formation
    Rock description Dawson Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.6325, 39.15278
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Denver Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDS E-W, 13N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elbert Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-857-F

  • Deposit

    TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO ST. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 490-491.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS STRIKE APPROX EAST-WEST, DIP 13 N
Deposit MILS 0080390068

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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