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Sunnyside Tunnel

Past Producer in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098035
MRDS ID DC02747
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.26778, 37.61808 (WGS84)
Elevation 3115
Relative position 4.4 MILES N13E 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 070W 18 SW OF NW 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 JOPO QUAD. MINE OR CLAIM LIES 1300 FT NNW OF SUMMIT OF GRAYBACK MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY REPORTED OCCURRENCE OF PB IN DISTRICT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Oxides And Copper Staining

Analytical data

Result $22 AU/TON, $14.25 AG/TON, PB UNDET.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock description Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Minturn Formation
    Rock description Minturn Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.26778, 37.61808
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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

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NARROW VEINS WITH LOW-GRADE GOLD MINERALIZATION-LOW-GRADE PLACER DEPOSITS ACCOUNT FOR GOLD PRODUCED SINCE 1939

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grayback (Russell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Trinchera (Estate)
    First year 1910

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS CONNECTED BY WINZE. ADIT DRIVEN 125 FT AT S40E, DEFLECTED SOUTHWEST BY 80-FT DRIFT.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 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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