Mine detail: Frank Hough Mine

Previously called 'Hough MinePatented Claim: Frank Hough, MS 549'

Location:	Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.97278, -107.58397
dep_id:	10014717
mrds_id:	D011608
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Copper, Silver
Minor mineral:	Lead
Trace mineral:	Zinc, Antimony, Tellurium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hessite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz
alteration:	Chloritization
ore_ctrl:	Ne-Trending Fault Within Graben
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit:	Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
hrock_type:	Sandstone,Andesite
arock_unit:	Porphyritic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Oligo
arock_type:	Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Eureka Graben
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced:	1882
yr_lst_prd:	1963
disc_yr:	1880
discr:	John S. Hough And John H. Maugham (Claimants)
References:	Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962. Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1946, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINES OF THE MINERAL POINT, POUGHKEEPSIE, AND UPPER UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICTS, OURAY, SAN JUAN, HINSDALE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 14, NO. 7, P. 452-455. Deposit:: BURBANK, W.S., AND LUEDKE, R.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EUREKA AND ADJOINING DISTRICTS, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 535, 73 P. Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 120, 34 P. Deposit:: LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 75-432. Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 182, P. 189-190. Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 549 Production:: KELLEY, 1946, P. 455; USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK (1957); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.