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Unnamed Mn Occurrence

Occurrence in Moffat 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 10017063
MRDS ID DC02793
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mn Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.53125, 40.36246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MILES N 83 W FROM ELK SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

M F Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rangely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower White(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 05N 99W 20,21,28,29 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT APPARENTLY 1 TO 2 MILES NE OF MF MTN. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS COMMON SECTION CORNER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.53125, 40.36246
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau
Type of structure Local
Structure description Elk Springs Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elk Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUN., FROM J. DYN1

  • Deposit

    ROWLEY, P.D., AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VERNAL 1X2 QUADRANGLE, COLORADO, UTAH, AND WYOMING: VSGS MAP MF-1163

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-DEC-1982 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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