Mine detail: Frank Hough Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long: 37.97278, -107.58397

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Copper, Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc, Antimony, Tellurium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hessite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1882
Last production ended: 1963

Geology

Host rock:Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Host type:Sandstone,Andesite
Associated rock:Porphyritic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Oligo
Associated type:Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Eureka Graben
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Chloritization

References

MRDSD011608
DEP10014717
Reference{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.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.