Mine detail: Highland Chief Mine

Previously called 'Empire Chief MinePatented Claims: U.S., MS 1207Empire, MS 1208Highland Chief, MS 1209aHighland Chief Mill Site, MS 1209bBrick Pomeroy, MS 16478aWall Street, MS 16478aAmazon, MS 16478aBrick Pomeroy Mill Site, MS 16478bBonanza, MS 16479aMagnolia, MS 16479aHondee, MS 16479aMathison, MS 16479aBonanza Mill Site, MS 16479b'

Location:	Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.97528, -107.52147
dep_id:	10101906
mrds_id:	D011613
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Minor mineral:	Lead
Trace mineral:	Copper, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Quartz
ore_ctrl:	Ne-Trending Fault Within Graben
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_type:	Rhyolite
arock_unit:	Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff;Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Porphyritic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics
arock_type:	Rhyolite,Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
yr_lst_prd:	1930
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:: BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15. Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 120, 34 P. Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS. Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1207, 1208, 1209A&B, 16478A&B, 16479A&B, 20166 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:: MARKS, J.H., 1925, REPORT ON THE EMPIRE CHIEF MINING COMPANY PROPERTY: UNPUB. REPT., 15 P. Production:: MARKS, 1925; COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.