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Highland Tunnel

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013244
MRDS ID D009433
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Tunnel
Related records 10289305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.8434, 39.12888 (WGS84)
Elevation 2640
Relative position 4.3 MILES S 18 W FROM ASPEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011S 085W 02 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF ANNIE BASIN JUST EAST OF CASTLE CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belden Formation;Gothic Formation
    Rock description Belden Formation;Gothic Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.8434, 39.12888
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Castle Creek Fault Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High-Angle Normal And Reverse Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer Highland Mines Co.
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Aspen (Roaring Fork) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. G. Sullivan
    Home office Aspen, Co.
    First year 1966
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richmond Hill Exploration Co.
    Home office Aspen, Co.
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • COLORADO DIV. MINES CITES NO PRODUCTION FROM 1934-39. IN 1940, MILL PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED AS 335.5 DRY TONS CONTAINING 18234 OZ AG, 99951 LB PB, 27776 LB ZN, 66246 LB FE, 90054 LB S

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL IN EXCESS OF 7000 FT LENGTH, DRIVEN INITIALLY AT N75E; AT LEAST 1400 FT OF DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN IN 1930S TO INTERSECT POSSIBLE DOWNWARD EXTENSION OF MIDNIGHT MINE ORE BODY. ALTHO NO SIGNIF. ORE WAS FOUND, TUNNEL AND ITS LATER EXTENSION IN 1966 PROVIDED MORE CONTROL ON STRUCTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY IN CASTLE CREEK FAULT ZONE. SOME FEATURES COULD BE CORRELATED WITH THOSE IN MIDNIGHT AND ANNIE MINES, AND HOPE TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1930S
Deposit TUNNEL ENCOUNTERED COMPLEXLY FOLDED AND FAULTED SEQUENCE OF PENNSYLVANIAN ROCKS OF BELDEN, GOTHIC, AND MAROON FORMATIONS. AT EAST EDGE OF CASTLE CREEK FAULT ZONE, ENCOUNTERED CASTLE CREEK (STRIKING N 45 TO 60 W), ANNIE, DUBUQUE, AND WINNIE FAULTS DISPLACING LEADVILLE LIMESTONE, BELDEN FM AND APLITE PORPHYRY SILL IN LOWER BELDEN AGAINST PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZ MONZONITE. PARTS OF CAMBRIAN-DEVONIAN SECTION PRESERVED IN FAULT SLICES HIGHER IN ELEVATION TOWARD SURFACE. SOME PYRITE FOUND IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE, DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE, AND SHALE OF BELDEN FM.
Deposit IN 1934 HIGHLAND MINES CO. OWNED UNPATENTED CLAIMS (HIGHLAND FRACTION, GLENDALE, BERNARD, LOIS LOUISE, PATRICIA, CAROLYN, VIRGINIA IRENE, EVELYN, CLAIRE, HELEN MAXINE, COLUMBINE FLOWER, JERRY JAMES, CASTLE VIEW, DOROTHY, KATHERINE, GLORIA) AND PATENTED CLAIMS (CLAIRMONT (MS 2219), MONTECRISTO (MS 4693)). COMPANY LEASED FROM PRECHTEL BROS. ALL OR PARTS OF ALICE AND ALICE NO. 2 (MS 6701); LEASED FROM S. WACHTEL THE MONTE CRISTO (MS 4693), AZURITE NOS. 3 AND 4, PRINCE ALICE NOS. 1 AND 2, TOP LIFT (MS 2169), HANLAN (MS 1860), MOUNTAIN RANGER (MS 1855), LINCOLN, MOUNTAIN ELK; LEASED FROM MIDNIGHT MINING THE CRAZY DAN (MS 6781), BULLION (MS 6045), PHOENIX (MS 6330), MAMIE AND PARK (MS 5869), LUCKY DAN, TRIANGLE, AND LENA B. (MS 6432), COLORADO AND LEONIE (MS 5973), BAER (MS 6287), COMSTOCK (MS 2128), FREIGHTER AND GENEVA (MS 6658), IRON (MS 2623), J. M. E. (MS 6367), LOYAL LEAGUE (MS 6125), HOUSTON (MS 6732), HUMBOLDT (MS 4003), MIDNIGHT (MS 4468), MAGGIE AND HOME RULE (MS 6806), BLUE JAY
Deposit (MS 5750), CROWN POINT (MS 5984), PITKIN AND YOPSIE NO. 2 (MS 4948), YOPSIE 1 AND 2 (MS 1902), DELAWARE AND F & M (MS 6245), ONEIDA (MS 2587), QUEEN (MS 5967), MAMMOTH (MS 1987), SHERMAN (MS 6045), ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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