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Unnamed Manganese Occurrence

Occurrence in Garfield 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017724
MRDS ID DC04117
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72344, 39.74637 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES N 9 E FROM RIFLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rifle Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenwood Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters-Plateau(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 03S 92W 33 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN DIVIDE AREA BETWEEN GEORGE CREEK AND PARKER CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE APPROX CENTER OF SECTION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Minturn Formation
    Rock description Minturn Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72344, 39.74637
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description White River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rifle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWETO, 1942, MINERAL COMMODITY FILES, DOC. 2607

  • Deposit

    MINERAL COMMODITY FILE, DOC. 2601

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-999

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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