Mine detail: Midnight Sun

Previously called 'Midnight GroupPrideRed Bird'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.61641, -105.27362

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Minturn Formation
Host type: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

MRDSDC03189
DEP10017260
Reference{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATES, 1,64}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.