Mine detail: Climax Tunnel

Previously called 'Climax 1 and 2 Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.61169, -105.27639

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold, Silver

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Minturn Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:	Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)

References

MRDS	DC02749
DEP	10017031
Reference	{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.