| Deposit ID | 10014717 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011608 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Frank Hough Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hough Mine, Patented Claim: Frank Hough, MS 549 |
| Related records | 10142159 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.58397, 37.97278 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3883 |
| Relative position | 15.0 MILES S 74 W FROM LAKE CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hinsdale(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Handies Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Hinsdale |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 043N | 007W | 24 | E2 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hessite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Oligo |
| Rock description | Porphyritic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Oligo |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics |
| Rock description | Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics |
| (1) | -107.58397, 37.97278 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Eureka Graben |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Discoverer | John S. Hough And John H. Maugham (Claimants) |
| Year of first production | 1882 |
| Year of last production | 1963 |
| District name | Galena (Henson Creek) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Resources Corp. |
| Home office | Denver, Co. |
| First year | 1969 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Skyline Mining Co. |
| Home office | Denver, Co. |
| First year | 1969 |
| Year | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^26.5 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.20 Oz/Ton Au, 17.9% Cu, 6.5% Pb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^16.6 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.07 Oz/Ton Au, 9% Cu, 2.6% Pb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011608 |
LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
KELLEY, V.C., 1946, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINES OF THE MINERAL POINT, POUGHKEEPSIE, AND UPPER UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICTS, OURAY, SAN JUAN, HINSDALE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 14, NO. 7, P. 452-455.
CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 120, 34 P.
RANSOME, F.L., 1901, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SILVERTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 182, P. 189-190.
BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 549
KELLEY, 1946, P. 455; USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK (1957); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT LIES TOWARD NORTH SIDE OF SAN JUAN-UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA IN INFILL SEQUENCE CONSISTING OF BURNS MEMBER QUARTZ LATITE, PORPHYRITIC ANDESITE, AND HENSON MEMBER SANDSTONE. ON NW SIDE OF EUREKA GRABEN, LILLY VEIN (AS MAPPED BY BURBANK AND LUEDKE, 1969) TRENDS GENERALLY N 23 TO 30 E, 45 NW. BEDS TREND N 68 E, 18 NW. FISSURES ALONG LINE OF ORE BODY WERE RATHER TIGHT WHERE THEY PASSED INTO OVERLYING AND UNDERLYING MORE MASSIVE VOLCANIC ROCKS. HIGHER GRADE ORE FORMED IRREGULAR OR FLAT SHOOTS IN INTERBEDDED TUFFS AND FLOWS OF HENSON MBR INTERPRETED TO BE REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT. ORE LAYERS OFTEN SEPARATED AND INTERSECTED BY VARIABLY TRENDING CHLORITIC FISSURES. ORE CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH AG AND CU, WITH CU CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDING VALUES OF PB OR ZN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1984 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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