Colorado · Costilla County
Past Producer
Sunnyside Tunnel
Costilla County, Colorado, United States
Gold
Silver
Lead
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Gold, Silver
Secondary
Lead, Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit size
S
Materials
Ore minerals
Galena, Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Monzonite,Diorite · Minturn Formation
Structure
Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration
Iron Oxides And Copper Staining
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10098035
MRDS ID
DC02747
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
37.61808, -105.26778
References
PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2