Mine detail: Monte Christo Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.58724, -105.28278

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Monzonite Porphyry, Madera Fm.
Host type:	Monzonite,Sedimentary Rock
Structure:	Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)

References

MRDS	DC02750
DEP	10017032
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.