The Black Beauty Deposit is a manganese mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,399 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: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.56028, -105.95972
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Black Beauty Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Beauty Deposit
Secondary: Crater Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Salida 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
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Mosquito Range
Type: L
Description: Pleasant Valley Syncline, Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE REPORTEDLY 18% MNO2
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): BETWEEN DEAD HORSE GULCH AND COTTONWOOD GULCH ALONG JEEP TRAIL NE OF SALIDA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS IN LIMESTONE?
Comment (Production): ORE IS 18 PERCENT
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY MAY BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE VENTURE LODE MINE, ABOUT 4 MILES NE ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE SILICATE IN CHLORITIC SCHIST OR PHYLLITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.
Reference (Deposit): BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CAMERON MT. TOPO QUAD, 1956, 15 MIN
Reference (Deposit): MICROFILM FILES, DOCUMENTS 2592 & 2593, MINERAL DEPOSITS BRANCH
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
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