Villa Grove Deposit

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

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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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