Mine detail: Crown Point Vein

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.68609, -105.62227
dep_id: 10013866
mrds_id: D010398
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist And Gneiss And Hornblende Gneiss;Granitic Gneiss
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 286
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