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Carter Mine

Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013971
MRDS ID D010550
Record type Site
Current site name Carter Mine
Alternate or previous names Carter Tunnel
Related records 10239788

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.20892, 40.49915 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Relative position 9 MILES S50W 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

Masonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Thompson(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 006N 070W 11 NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILLSIDE ABOVE BUCKHORN CREEK 0.85 MILE NNE FROM MASONVILLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Tonalite;Diorite
    Rock description Tonalite;Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Tonalite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Mica Schist
    Rock description Tonalite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.20892, 40.49915
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Cheyenne Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Big Thompson Anticline, Milner Mountain Fault, Fletcher Hill (Buck Horn) Fault, Masonville Anticline, Buckhorn Syncline, Masonville Stock , Redstone Fault.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Primary Joints And Fractures In Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Masonville District

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY MAIN CROSSCUT TUNNEL 520 TO 550 FT LONG WITH RA ISE TO SURFACE AT 85 FT. 300 FT SOUTH OF ADIT IS SHAFT AND DRIFTS OF U NKNOWN EXTENT

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED FOR AU BEFORE 1920 AND REPORTEDLY WAS LARGEST PRO DUCER IN DISTRICT, YIELDING ABOUT $50000 IN AU. PROPERTY APPARENTLY WA S LATER CONSOLIDATED WITH MASON MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, J.A., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE MASONVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LARIM ER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-789.

  • Deposit

    BRADDOCK, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MASONVILLE QU ADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-832.

  • Deposit

    BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P . 18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AS CHIMNEY OR PIPE FORMED AT INTERSECTION OF NE-TRENDING JOINTS. SCHEELITE SEEN ON WALLS OF VEIN.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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