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Red Mountain Lode

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013975
MRDS ID D010554
MAS/MILS ID 0080690116
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.38531, 40.68831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 17.8 MILES N67W 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

Big Narrows(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 008N 071W 06 NE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST FLANK OF RED MOUNTAIN ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Biotite-Muscovite Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Biotite-Muscovite Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist
    Rock description Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.38531, 40.68831
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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 Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Poudre River Shear Zone, Stove Prairie Faul T, South Fork Antiform

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Precambrian Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poverty Flats Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on development

  • A mine marked on GQ-1323 (Abbott, 1976) at this location is displayed as a quarry. Old MAS record 0080690116 listed this as an underground mine and past-producer. In the absense of any documentation, this updated record is being recorded as an unknown occurrence.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.

  • Deposit

    TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 476.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NE-TRENDING SKIN GULCH SHEAR ZONE CUTS MICA SCHIST THAT HAS GENERAL NE-STRIKING, SE-DIPPING FOLIATION JUST NORTH OF INTERSECTION WITH ESE-TRENDING POUDRE RIVER SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 29-JAN-2010 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Added info to 10013975 (MRDS D010554) and deleted 10215072 (MAS 0080690116)

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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