The Unnamed Manganese Prospect is a manganese mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,821 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,821 Feet (2,079 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.62139, -104.90417
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Unnamed Manganese Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Manganese Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Rio Grande, MS 231
Secondary: Manganese, MS 232
Secondary: Giant, MS 5334
Secondary: Vulcan, MS 5334
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Turkey Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Canon City Embayment
Type: L
Description: Red Creek Fault, Mountaindale Fault, Red Creek (Turkey Creek) Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1440.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1440.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.3 MILE NORTH OF TURKEY CREEK CANYON AND 0.8 MILE NW OF COLORADO 115. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON SECTION CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(19 ); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1969 EDITION
Comment (Deposit): NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE. CLAIMS LIE EITHER IN PRECAMBRIAN SILVER PLUME QUARTZ MONZONITE OR POSSIBLY IN OVERLYING PEERLESS DOLOMITE (CAMBRIAN) OR MANITOU FM LIMESTONE (ORDOVICIAN).
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022.
Reference (Deposit): BLM CONNECTING SHEET (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD) AND MINERAL SURVEYS MS 231, 232, 5334.
Reference (Deposit): RECONNAISSANCE AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION
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