| Deposit ID | 10014240 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010922 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mcnutt Brothers Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.53956, 38.13083 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2019 |
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
| Relative position | 6.1 MILES S 14 E FROM NATURITA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Naturita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Miguel(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 045N | 015W | 20,21,28,29 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Result | ORE SAMPLE CONTAINED 37.95 % MN, 4.24% SIO2, 23.40% FE, 1.61% S, 0.33% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Burro Canyon Formation;Dakota Sandstone | ||
| Rock description | Burro Canyon Formation;Dakota Sandstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -108.53956, 38.13083 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Dry Creek Anticline, Hamilton Creek Anticline, Nucla Syncline |
| Thickness | 0.1M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Naturita Ridge Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mcnutt Brothers |
| Home office | Naturita, Co. |
| First year | 1917 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010922 |
MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 15, P. 53.
WILLIAMS, P.L., 1964, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MOAB QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-360.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TOP OF NATURITA RIDGE CORRESPONDS TO NW-SE TREND OF DRY CREEK ANTICLINE AND HAMILTON CREEK ANTICLINE, THE SE EXTENSIONS OF PARADOX VALLEY ANTICLINE. ROCKS EXPOSED ACROSS CREST OF ANTICLINES ARE LOWER CRETACEOUS BURRO CANYON FM AND DAKOTA SANDSTONE. MUILENBURG (1919) DESCRIBES OCCURENCE AS THIN SEAM QUARTER OF INCH TO FOUR INCHES THICK SEPARATING TWO BEDS OF SANDSTONE OR REPRESENTING PARTING IN SANDSTONE. SEVERAL OTHER SEAMS LIE ABOVE AND BELOW, SEPARATING THIN BEDS OF SANDSTONE. WEIR ANDPUFFETT (1981) STUDIED LISBON VALLEY AREA MN DEPOSITS AND FOUND COMMON OCCURRENCE IN NONCARBONACEOUS SANDSTONE AND SUGGESTED THAT THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH LISBON VALLEY FAULT SYSTEM MAY HAVE REPRESENTED LATE-STAGE LOW-TEMPERATURE MINERALIZATION IN AREA. IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT MCNUTT DEPOSIT COULD HAVE SIMILAR ORIGIN WITH RESPECT TO STRUCTURE ALONG PARADOX VALLEY ANTICLINE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-83 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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