Mine detail: Midnight Sun

Previously called 'Midnight GroupPrideRed Bird'

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Location: Costilla County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.61641, -105.27362
dep_id: 10017260
mrds_id: DC03189
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Minturn Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Monzonite Porphyry
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
References:
  • 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
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