Wellsville Deposit

The Wellsville Deposit is a manganese mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,697 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

Name: Wellsville Deposit  

State:  Colorado

County:  Fremont

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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