The Elarton Manganese Deposit is a manganese mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,501 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: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.02389, -105.67694
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Elarton Manganese Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elarton Manganese Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Crestone District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Prospect
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: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Faults, Gibson Peak Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hausmannite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): MILS LISTING GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 32, T44N, R11E, BUT THIS LIES OUT ONTO PLAIN OF VALLEY FILL. BASED ON GEOLOGY AND SIMILARITY TO IRON KING (MN) PROSPECT, MORE REASONABLE LOCATION WOULD BE THAT GIVE ABOVE . ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SEC. 32. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1980 EDITION
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS BASED ON PROBABLE SIMILARITY WITH IRON KING PROSPECT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MILS LISTING 0081090070
Reference (Deposit): MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 1 5, P. 70-71.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADR ANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022.
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