Mine detail: Highland Tunnel

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Location

Lat / long:

39.12888, -106.8434

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1932

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Belden Formation;Gothic Formation
Host type:	Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Castle Creek Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009433
DEP	10013244
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1073, P. 110-111.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.