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Chimney Hill Mine

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013777
MRDS ID D010254
Record type Site
Current site name Chimney Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Morgan Ranch Deposits, U.S. Fluorspar Co. Mine, Chaffee County Fluorspar Mine
Related records 10117807

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.08032, 38.64472 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 7.0 MILES S 02 W OF NATHROP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nathrop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 008E 28 SE OF SE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF HECLA JUNCTION, EAST OF US HWY 285, WEST OF ARKANSAS RIVER ABOUT 650 FT SOUTH OF MANGANESE HILL MINE; NE/4 SEC. 28, T 51 N, R 8 E. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Manganite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Fluoritization, Chloritization

Analytical data

Result LARGER BODIES AVERAGE 30% CAF2
Result MOST OF BALANCE IS SILICA WITH L.T. 3% CALCITE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock description Ash-Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.08032, 38.64472
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Folds, Faults; N-Trending Fault Bounding Arkansas Valley

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M
    Length 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia; Fault Zone Striking N 30-50 W, Dipping 65-85 Sw; Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN STRIKES N65W, DIPS 50-70 NE, 50 FT. LONG, 6 TO 8 FT. WIDE, IN RHYOLITE AND TUFF (ARGALL)
  • GEOL.DESC: SOURCE: MESOTHERMAL SPRINGS. 3 TYPES FLUORSPAR OCCURANCES ARE COMMON: 1) LENSES OF BOTRYOIDAL & MASSIVE FLUORSPAR WITH LARGE VUGS, 2) WAVY RIBBON-LIKE LAYERED STRUCTURES OF FLUORSPAR ALONG OPEN FISSURES, 3) SMALL VEINLETS. TWO MAIN STRUCTURES: CHIMNEY HILL VEIN (N50W) AND BANCROFT #1 VEIN (N70E-NEARLY VERTICAL).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Year of first production 1936
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Browns Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Fluorspar And Manganese, Inc.
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF FLUORSPAR PRODUCED FROM MANGANESE HILL AND CHIMNEY HILL MINES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 20 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1953

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Diamond drilling at the Chimney Hill and Manganese Hill area indicated more than 1 million tons of fluorspar material that contains about 20% CaF2. (Van Alstine)
  • THESE RESERVES/RESOURCES ARE IN COMBINATION WITH THE MANGANESE HILL MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 4.381HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, WINZES, INCLINES, ADITS, PITS, TRENCHES; MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADIT, 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT, LOWER DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 4 BODIES OF FLUORSPAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 10-MAR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

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