Texas Chief Mine

La Plata County, Colorado, United States

Copper Silver Gold Lead Zinc Antimony

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryCopper, Silver

SecondaryGold

TertiaryLead, Zinc, Antimony

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit typeVein

Model85: Polymetallic veins

Deposit sizeSmall

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Petzite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite

GangueQuartz, Siderite

Geology

Host rockSandstone,Limestone · Dolores Formation

Associated rockDiorite · Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry

StructureSan Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome

Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1917

Last production1928

Discovery year1885

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References

ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 168.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 168 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS)

Identification

Deposit ID10014191

MRDS IDD010858

Alternate namesMountain Meadow Mine, Texas Chief and Mountain Meadow Groups

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates37.36612, -108.02092