Mountain View

Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Perlite
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016562
MRDS ID DC01533
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.36069, 38.09877 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 22S 71W 05,06,08 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Perlite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Silver Cliff Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.36069, 38.09877

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 290, PL. 21 & 25

  • Deposit

    BMC RECORD DATA FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TH 0.37 PERCENT, TRACE AG, $0.17/TON AU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.