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Black Mountain Deposit

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Pumice, 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. Alteration
  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 10016081
MRDS ID DC00335
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mountain Deposit
Related records 10143121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.69392, 38.70278 (WGS84)
Elevation 3352
Relative position LIES N. AND W. OF BLACK MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 74W 29 NW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Devitrification Of Glassy Units?

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock unit name Thirtynine Mile Andesite, Upper Memberf
    Rock description Thirtynine Mile Andesite, Upper Memberf
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.69392, 38.70278
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Probably Part Of Landslide Deposits, Derived From Volcanic Rocks On Slopes

Comments on the geologic information

  • HORIZONTAL BEDS 18 INCHES THICK OVERLIE "UNCONSOLIDATED SAND AND GRAVEL". THIS DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LANDSLIDE COMPLEX ON THE NW SIDE OF BLACK MOUNTAIN ; GEOL.DESC: HORZ. BEDS 18" THICK, AEOLIN IN ORIGIN. OVERLIES UNCONSOLIDATED SAND AND GRAVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guffey Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pierce, A. S.
    First year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUSH, 1951; COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL.15,NO.8

  • Deposit

    EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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