Mine detail: Walter Higham Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.60306, -106.02977

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1919

Geology

Host rock:	Banded Gneiss
Host type:	Slate,Quartzite,Schist,Gneiss,Pegmatite
Structure:	Southern Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Faults, Breccia Zones; Nw-Trending Faults, Ne-Trending Anticline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D010233
DEP	10087825
Reference	{Deposit:: MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLENTIN 15, P. 28-31}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PONCHA SPRINGS SE QUADRANGLE, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 829, P. 16-17.}{Production:: MUILENBURG, G.A. (1919)}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.