The Wellsville Deposit is a manganese mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,697 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,697 Feet (2,346 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.48694, -105.86917
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Wellsville Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wellsville Deposit
Secondary: Iron Mountain Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Wellsville Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Frankenberry W. H. Boyer
Years: 1973 -
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1900?-1919
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Formation
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE ANALYSIS FROM STOCKPILED ORE: 40% MN, 3.6% FE, 4.0% S102, 0.03% P, 0.7%
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Manganite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INDIVIDUAL POCKETS MAY CONTAIN 40 TONS OR MORE OF ORE; SECOND, THINNER BED 50-FT HIGHER STRATIGRAPHICALLY
Comment (Location): NORTH OF ARKANSAS RIVER, EAST OF WELLSVILLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED TO COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO. FOR USE INSTEEL MANUFACTURE
Comment (Workings): WINZE, TUNNEL, PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-892, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 15, P. 26-28.
Reference (Production): MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919
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