Mine detail: Texas Chief Mine

Previously called 'Mountain Meadow MineTexas Chief and Mountain Meadow Groups'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.36612, -108.02092

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Petzite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1928

Geology

Host rock:	Dolores Formation
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010858
DEP	10014191
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 168.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 168 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.