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Monte Cristo Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014001
MRDS ID D010595
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Claim
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims MS 12768, Monte Cristo, Emily

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.60838, 40.72276 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 29.6 MILES N72W 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

Rustic(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)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009N 073W 19,20 SE (19); SW (20) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF SEVENMILE CREEK ON EDGE OF OVERLAND EROSOINAL SURFACE 0.8 0 MILE SW OF MANHATTAN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT ADIT PROBABLY ON MONTE CRISTO CLAIM AND VEIN ON SECTION LINE IN SW SEC. 20. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry;Sherman Granite
    Rock description Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry;Sherman Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.60838, 40.72276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer Missouri Mining And Milling Co. (Claimant)

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH DRIVEN GENERALLY NW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 285-286

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AIRPHOTOS INDICATE PROBABLE QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE TRENDING N63W A AND CUTTING METAMORPHICS. DIKE AND MINE LOCATION ON TOPO MAP LIE SOUTH OF CLAIM LOCATION SHOWN ON BLM MAPS. VEIN EXTENDS TO FREE GOLD MINE O N SE AND COLORADO MINE ON NW.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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