Rampart No. 1 Claim

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101851
MRDS ID D010378
Record type Site
Current site name Rampart No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.99501, 38.93333 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11.3 MILES N 50 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013S 068W 09 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF FOUNTAIN CREEK 2 TO 3 MILES NW OF CASCADE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C E2 9. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result 1958 ORE SHIPMENT CONTAINED 42.2% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1030
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1030
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rampart Range Fault, Ute Pass Fault Zone, Manitou Park Half Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Green Mountain Falls District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rampart Mining Co.
    First year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 29

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482

  • Deposit

    WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1977, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODLAND PARK QUADRANGLE, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-842

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK 1958, V.3, P. 228

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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