Mine detail: Montezuma Mine

Previously called 'Borealis, MS 2052Tam
*hanter Mill Site, MS 2044-BTam
*hanter-Montezuma MineClaims: Montezuma, MS 2043-ATam
*hanter, MS 2044-ANorth Star, MS 2153Yellow Boy, MS 2177Ivanhoe, MS 2295-ANew Discovery, MS 2610Halcyon, MS 2807Green Lake, MS 2880Emma, MS 6976Montezuma Mill Site, MS 2043-BIvanhoe Mill Site, MS 2295-B'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.01999, -106.84784

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1881
Last production ended:	1960

Geology

Host rock:	Maroon Formation
Host type:	Hornfels
Associated rock:	Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, Elk Uplift, White Rock Pluton
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010145
DEP	10087811
Reference	{Deposit:: WESTON, W., 1910, THE TAM *HANTER-MONTEZUMA MINES: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT.}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HAYDEN PEAK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-863}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1073, P. 114-115}{Production:: WESTON, 1910 (PRODUCTION 1897-1906); COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS. (PRODUCTION FOR 1915, 1960)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.