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Walter Higham Mine

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087825
MRDS ID D010233
Record type Site
Current site name Walter Higham Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.02977, 38.60306 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 5.3 MILES N 25 W OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salida West(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)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 050N 008E 12 NE OF SW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 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)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Banded Gneiss
    Rock description Banded Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.02977, 38.60306
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Breccia Zones; Nw-Trending Faults, Ne-Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 W
    Dip VERTICAL OR SLIGHTLY EAST
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 19311.6M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Associated Fractures, Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Salida Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Higham And Sons
    Home office Salida, Co.
    First year 1919

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period Pre 1919
    Material MN ORE EST
    Description Cp_Grade: ^27-43% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MINED BUT NEVER SHIPPED; STOCKPILED ON PROPERTY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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