Cason Manganese Prospect

The Cason Manganese Prospect is a manganese mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,598 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

Name: Cason Manganese Prospect  

State:  Colorado

County:  La Plata

Elevation: 12,598 Feet (3,840 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 37.59944, -107.58778

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Cason Manganese Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cason Manganese Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Manganese


Location

State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: Needle Mountain (Tacoma, Florida, Vallecito) 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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Dan Cason And Others
Home Office: Durango, Co.
Years: 1917 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, San Juan Basin, San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Needle Mtns Uplift, Chicago Basin Stock, Eolus Batholith, Trimble Stock


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF SAMPLES ACROSS VEIN: 33.43% MN, 18.14% SIO2, 6.03% FE, 0.31% S, 0.052%


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON EAST SLOPE OF HOPE MTN APPROX 0.8 MILE ENE OF COLUMBINE PASS. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POINT APPROX MIDWAY UP EAST SLOPE OF HOPE MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Comment (Development): FAIR QUALITY ORE COULD BE OBTAINED BY CAREFUL PICKING AND SORTING, BUT WOULD CONTAIN TOO MUCH SILICA

Comment (Deposit): NEAR-VERTICAL VEIN IN GRANITE TRENDS N 35 W, OUTCROPS FOR DISTANCE OF 2200 FT. GRANITE FRAGMENTS COATED WITH MN OXIDES.


References

Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F.

Reference (Deposit): MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 15, P. 49.

Reference (Deposit): SCHMITT, L.J., AND RAYMOND, W.H., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1434, 40 P.


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