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Climax Tunnel

Prospect in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017031
MRDS ID DC02749
Record type Site
Current site name Climax Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Climax 1 and 2 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.27639, 37.61169 (WGS84)
Elevation 2890
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 3.9 MILES N09E OF RUSSELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costilla(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Costilla

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028S 071W 13 N2 OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALTHOUGH DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS IN UNSURVEYED PRIVATE LAND GRANT, SECTIONS REPORTED ARE BASED ON PATTON AND OTHERS' (1910) MAP RATHER THAN PROJECTIONS FROM ADJACENT QUADS. LAT-LONG AND ELEVATIONS DETERMINED FROM TOPO QUAD. MINE OR CLAIMS LIE ON WEST SIDE OF GRAYBACK CREEK 0.15 TO 0.4 MILE BELOW BUCKSKIN GULCH. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CLIMAX NO. 1 TUNNEL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Minturn Formation
    Rock description Minturn Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.27639, 37.61169
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grayback (Russell)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Trinchera (Estate)
    First year 1910

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL ON CLIMAX NO. 1; PROSPECT PIT ON CLIMAX NO. 2.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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