Colorado · Chaffee County
Occurrence
Unnamed Manganese Deposit
Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
Manganese
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Commodities
Primary
Manganese
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Ore control
Fractures, Faulting; Cement In Brecciated Zones
Materials
Ore minerals
Psilomelane
Gangue
Calcite
Geology
Host rock
Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Gneiss · Banded Gneiss
Structure
Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Strong, Late Tertiary Faults Trending North
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10090938
MRDS ID
D010259
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
38.60417, -106.00809
References
VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PONCHA SPRINGS SE QUADRANGLE, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 829, P. 16-17