Mine detail: Mountain View Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.62002, -105.2575

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Pyrite
Gangue:	Siderite
Orebody form:	CHIMNEY OR FUNNEL-SHAPED

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	breccia pipe
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Monzonite Porphyry
Host type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration processes:	Iron Oxides

References

MRDS	D006742
DEP	10011668
Reference	PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.