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'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.97528, -107.52147

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1930

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff;Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Porphyritic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics
Associated 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)

References

MRDS	D011613
DEP	10101906
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:: 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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.