The Mamarth Claim is a gold mine located in Costilla county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,440 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,440 Feet (3,182 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.63222, -105.26917
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Mamarth Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mamarth Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Costilla
District: Grayback (Russell) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Trinchera (Estate)
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: fissure vein
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type: L
Structure: fissure veins in thin monzonite intrusitons
Description: Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOW-GRADE MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH NARROW STEEPLY INCLINED FISSURES WITHIN MONZONITE INTRUSION
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PIT
Comment (Location): 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 DIVIDE BETWEEN GRAYBACK CREEK AND STEARNS GULCH 1.05 MILES NNW OF GRAYBACK MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2
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