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Elarton Manganese Deposit

Prospect in Saguache 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 10094657
MRDS ID D010579
Record type Site
Current site name Elarton Manganese Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.67752, 38.0239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.9 MILES N28W FROM CRESTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rito Alto Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044N 012E 32 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MILS LISTING GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 32, T44N, R11E, BUT THIS LIES OUT ONTO PLAIN OF VALLEY FILL. BASED ON GEOLOGY AND SIMILARITY TO IRON KING (MN) PROSPECT, MORE REASONABLE LOCATION WOULD BE THAT GIVE ABOVE . ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SEC. 32. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1980 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS BASED ON PROBABLE SIMILARITY WITH IRON KING PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hausmannite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.67752, 38.0239
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Faults, Gibson Peak Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crestone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADR ANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628.

  • Deposit

    MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 1 5, P. 70-71.

  • Deposit

    USBM MILS LISTING 0081090070

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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