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Unnamed Manganese Prospect

Occurrence in El Paso 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013854
MRDS ID D010382
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Rio Grande, MS 231, Manganese, MS 232, Giant, MS 5334, Vulcan, MS 5334

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.90473, 38.6214 (WGS84)
Elevation 2079
Relative position 15 MILES S 14 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

Mount Pittsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 067W 28,29,32,33 SW OF SW (28); SE OF SE (29); NE OF NE (32); NW OF NW (33) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 0.3 MILE NORTH OF TURKEY CREEK CANYON AND 0.8 MILE NW OF COLORADO 115. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON SECTION CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(19 ); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1969 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1440
    Dating method Rb-Sr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite;Peerless Dolomite And Manitou Formation
    Rock description Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite;Peerless Dolomite And Manitou Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1440
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.90473, 38.6214
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Canon City Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Creek Fault, Mountaindale Fault, Red Creek (Turkey Creek) Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turkey Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEET (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD) AND MINERAL SURVEYS MS 231, 232, 5334.

  • Deposit

    RECONNAISSANCE AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE. CLAIMS LIE EITHER IN PRECAMBRIAN SILVER PLUME QUARTZ MONZONITE OR POSSIBLY IN OVERLYING PEERLESS DOLOMITE (CAMBRIAN) OR MANITOU FM LIMESTONE (ORDOVICIAN).

Reporter information

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

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