The Walter Higham Mine is a manganese mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.60306, -106.02917
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Walter Higham Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walter Higham Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Salida 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
Ownership
Owner Name: Walter Higham And Sons
Home Office: Salida, Co.
Years: 1919 -
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: Pre 1919
Material type: MN ORE EST
Description: Cp_Grade: ^27-43% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
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 Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: Faults, Breccia Zones; Nw-Trending Faults, Ne-Trending Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): THIS IS A DIFFERENT MINE THAN THE LIBERTY HILL MINE; LOCATED 4.5 MILES NW OF SALIDA, OVERLOOKING LONGS GULCH IN HILLS NE OF SAND PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): ORE MINED BUT NEVER SHIPPED; STOCKPILED ON PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): VEIN PINCHES AND SWELLS GREATLY; VEIN REPORTEDLY 10-12 MILES LONG, PASSING BY SEDALIA MINE; VAN ALSTINE (1974) STATES THAT THIS AND RELATED DEPOSITS ARE SMALL AND ISOLATED.
Comment (Workings): PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLENTIN 15, P. 28-31
Reference (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.
Reference (Production): MUILENBURG, G.A. (1919)
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