Mine detail: Liberty Hill Mine

Previously called 'Walter Higha
* Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.64167, -106.01032

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Iron
Ore:	Pyrolusite, Siderite, Wad
Gangue:	Calcite
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss,Limestone
Structure:	Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, On East Limb Of Syncline; N-Trending Faults; E-W-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D010248
DEP	10013773
Reference	{Deposit:: MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 15, P. 28-31}{Deposit:: TWETO, O.L., STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR. AND MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.