The Villa Grove Deposit is a tungsten and manganese mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,251 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 8,251 Feet (2,515 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.225, -106.07333
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Villa Grove Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Villa Grove Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Villa Grove 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Rio Grande Rift, Unnamed Faults, Unnamed Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LEMMON AND TWETO DESCRIBE DEPOSIT AS W IN UNKNOWN FORM CONTAINED IN MN ORE FILLING BRECCIA ALONG FAULTS CUTTING VOLCANIC ROCKS. FM NAME S AND LITHOLOGIES GIVEN BELOW ARE BASED ON MN OCCURRENCE AT PERSHING M INE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD AND LAT-LONG FROM LEMMON AND TW ETO (1962) INDICATE APPROX SEC. 22, BUT 1X2 GEOLOGIC MAP DOES NOT SHOW TERTIARY VOLCANIS IN THAT SECTION, ONLY PRECAMBRIAN AND MISSISSIPPIAN -ORDOVICIAN SEQUENCE UNDERLYING BONANZA VOLCANICS. ELEV AND LAT-LONG G IVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 22. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Commodity): MN ORE MINERALS BASED ON PROBABLE SIMILAR OCCURRENCE AT PERSHING M INE
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADR ANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, OGDEN, 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES ; USGS MAP MR-25, P. 10.
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