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Dell Prospect

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017751
MRDS ID DC04201
Record type Site
Current site name Dell Prospect
Alternate or previous names C. B. Dell Prospect
Related records 10288656

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.07974, 38.53445 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 9.5 MILES N50E OF CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phantom Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 17S 69W 26,35 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harding Sandstone
    Rock description Harding Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.07974, 38.53445
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Canon City Embayment, Southern Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne- And Nw-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fault; Near Intersection Of That Fault And Short Nw-Trending Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDS N-S 35 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eightmile Park Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64 F5) CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1968, MANGANESE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO; A REPORT PREPARED FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, 88TH CONGRESS: US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 98-102. F5) CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1968, MANGANESE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO; A REPORT PREPARED FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, 88TH CONGRESS: US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 98-102.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. 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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