Mountain View Mine

The Mountain View Mine is a gold mine located in Costilla county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,760 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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