The Liberty Hill Mine is a manganese mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.64167, -106.00972
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Liberty Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Liberty Hill Mine
Secondary: Walter Higham's Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Turret Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Walter Higham And Sons
Home Office: Salida, Co.
Years: 1919 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: On East Limb Of Syncline; N-Trending Faults; E-W-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 33.83% MN, 6.57% FE, 7.61% SIO2, 0.65% S, 0.037%
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 10 MILES NW OF SALIDA; FOR LOCATIONS GIVEN HERE A GROUP OF MINES IN THE GENERAL AREA WAS ARBITRARILY CHOSEN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ABOUT 1000 TONS OF ORE VISIBLE IN 1919
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION AT LEAST IN 1916, PROBABLY OTHER YEARS AS WELL
Comment (Deposit): ORE PINCHES AND SWELLS WITH BEDDING, SHOWING SOME REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE
Comment (Workings): INCLINED TUNNEL (50 FT LONG), SURFACE CUTS AND PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 15, P. 28-31
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, O.L., STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR. AND MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000.
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