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Panco Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in Pitkin 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016088
MRDS ID DC00350
Record type Site
Current site name Panco Manganese Deposit
Related records 10117969

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.99146, 39.33555 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES S 45 E FROM BASALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 08S 86W 21,22,27 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNDETERMINED BUT IS IN VICINITY OF BIONAZ GROUP AND BIG BUCK MN WORKINGS. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON SECTION CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Maroon Formation;State Bridge Formation
    Rock description Maroon Formation;State Bridge Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description Castle Creek Fault Zone, Roaring Fork Syncline

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DISCONTINUOUS DEPOSITS, SILICEOUS, MANGANESE OXIDES OCCUR AS BINDERS CEMENTING FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE AND GRITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snowmass Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    FREEMAN, V.F., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODY CREEK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND EAGLE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-967

  • Deposit

    CONSV.DIV.COMP.DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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