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Mountain View Mine

Past Producer in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011668
MRDS ID D006742
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.2575, 37.62002 (WGS84)
Elevation 2975
Relative position 4.7 MILES N 19 E 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 NW OF NE 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 CLAIM LIES ON WEST BANK OF STEARNS GULCH 0.65 MILE NE OF SUMMIT OF GRAYBACK MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMONITE PROBABLY RESULT OF OXIDIZED IRON SULFIDE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Oxides

Analytical data

Result AT LEAST $10 AU/TON

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 unit name Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.2575, 37.62002
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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

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY OR FUNNEL-SHAPED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • matrix supported breccia pipe

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 252.37M
    Overall length 198.12M
    Overall width 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPE IS BEEHIVE SHAPED AND MEASURES 30 BY 24 FT BY 40 FT HIGH. EXTENSION TUNNEL DRIVEN 409 FT AT S 60 W, THENCE 170 FT AT N 65 W, THENCE 130 FT AT S 65 W. A BRANCH TUNNEL FROM THE FIRST ANGLE DRIVEN 54 FT AT S 30 E, THENCE 35 FT AT S 40 E, THENCE 30 FT AT S 10 E. SHORT DRIFTS DRIVEN FROM SEVERAL POINTS. SURFACE MILL AND CABINS.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FUNNEL-SHAPED ORE SHOOT WITH ELLIPTICAL CROSS-SECTION FORMED AT INTERSECTION OF TWO SHEETED ZONES TRENDING N 61 W, 79 NE AND S 13 E, 86 SW

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

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