Elarton Manganese Deposit

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

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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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