Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR, LENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHausmannite, Psilomelane
GangueFluorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Conglomerate · Sangre De Cristo Formation (Crestone Conglomerate Member);Minturn Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
StructureSawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Branch Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1916
Identification
Deposit ID10101771
MRDS IDD008964
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.07862, -106.76255
References
SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 15, P. 70-71