The Mountain View Mine is a gold mine located in Costilla county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,760 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,760 Feet (2,975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.62, -105.25694
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Mountain View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain View Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Trinchera (Estate)
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: breccia pipe
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: CHIMNEY OR FUNNEL-SHAPED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type: L
Description: Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Oxides
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AT LEAST $10 AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
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 WEST BANK OF STEARNS GULCH 0.65 MILE NE OF SUMMIT OF GRAYBACK MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Commodity): LIMONITE PROBABLY RESULT OF OXIDIZED IRON SULFIDE
Comment (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
Comment (Workings): 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.
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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