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Monte Cristo

Occurrence in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Beryllium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091341
MRDS ID DC03800
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo
Related records 10119207

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.06893, 39.38693 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position AT WEST APPROACH TO HOOSIER PASS (SLOPE OF QUANDRY PEAK), NE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breckenridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 08S 78W 01,02 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRREGULAR AGGREGATES OF VERY LOW-GRADE BERYLLIUM, 8-13 MM IN SIZE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.06893, 39.38693
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FRACTURES (PRINCIPLE-N4W, 60W, SUBORDINATE-N10-20W) FAULT N50-55E (SE SIDE DOWN) ALL NEARLY VERTICAL, ORE CHANNEL N55W AND PITCHS 20SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monte Cristo

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLE PROD. BUT NO RECORDS

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED FOR BE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAT. 1880. THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC03799. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC03799 WAS DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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