Commodities
PrimaryManganese
SecondaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFolds
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrolusite, Siderite, Wad
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Limestone
StructureSouthern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, On East Limb Of Syncline; N-Trending Faults; E-W-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10013773
MRDS IDD010248
Alternate namesWalter Higham's Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.64167, -106.01032
References
MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 15, P. 28-31TWETO, O.L., STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR. AND MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000.