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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017800
MRDS ID DC04284
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74066, 39.73137 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 14 MILES N 10 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04S 92W 05 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG OR NEAR GEORGE CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER OF SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1966 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.74066, 39.73137
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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 Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MICROFILM COMMODITIES DOC. 2601, 2607

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP --..9

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

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

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

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