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Mantle Mine

Past Producer in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013512
MRDS ID D009857
Record type Site
Current site name Mantle Mine
Related records 10166666

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.76264, 40.43746 (WGS84)
Elevation 2396
Relative position 18.5 MILES N 45 E FROM DINOSAUR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanks Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rangely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dinosaur National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 006N 101W 29 S2 OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN HEADWATERS OF JOHNSON CANYON 0.8 MILE NNE OF TANKS PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALL ORE MINERALS OXIDIZED; NO SULFIDES SEEN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Travertine Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF 4.5-FT CHANNEL SAMPLE ACROSS MAIN VEIN IN FLOOR OF UPPER ADIT (HEYL, 1964) GAVE 27.45% ZN, 0.8% PB, 0.35% CU, 0.01 OZ/TON AU, TRACE AG, 2.4% FE, 7.2% SILICA, 34.10% CARBONATE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone;Lodore Formation
    Rock description Madison Limestone;Lodore Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.76264, 40.43746
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau
Type of structure Local
Structure description Yampa Fault, Yampa Fold

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer John Mantle

Mining district

District name Douglas Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT AND THREE VERTICALLY ARRANGED TUNNELS CONTAINING SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS AND SMALL STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W. R., AND CARRARA, P. E., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TANKS PEAK QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1534

  • Deposit

    UNTERMANN, G. E., AND UNTERMANN, B.R., 1954, GEOLOGY OF DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT AND VICINITY, UTAH-COLORADO: UTAH GEOL. MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 42

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES IN WEAK SHEAR ZONE OF NEARLY VERTICAL FRACTURES STRIKING N 40 TO 60 E AND PROBABLY RELATED TO YAMPA REVERSE FAULT TO NORTH. FRACTURES CONTAIN VEINS AND MINERALIZED BRECCIA OF OXIDIZED ZN AND CU ORES EXTENDING ACROSS CONTACT OF MADISON LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE AND SHALE OF LODORE FM. ORES ARE UNUSUAL AMONG THOSE THAT DIRECTLY REPLACE SULFIDES IN THAT THEY ARE LEAN IN FE, PB, AND AG. LOW AG CONTENT SUGGESTS PRIMARY ORES DEPOSITED BY LOW-TEMP EPITHERMAL SOLUTIONS FAR FROM THEIR SOURCE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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