Crist Mine

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013963
MRDS ID D010540
Record type Site
Current site name Crist Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.24031, 40.9097 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 24.3 MILES N21W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Table Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011N 070W 21 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF SHEEP MTN AND 1.5 TO 2 MILES EAST OF RED MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite
    Rock description Sherman Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite
    Rock description Sherman Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ingleside Fm and Fountain Fm

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Virginia Dale Ring-Dike Comp Lex
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thompson, Charles E.
    Home office Livermore
    First year 1920

Comments on the workings information

  • 65-FT-DEEP SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ONLY SAMPLE SHIPMENT OF ORE MADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, Z.M., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE FOOTHILLS OF THE FRONT RANGE IN NORTHERN COLORADO: RMAG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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