Mine detail: Monte Cristo Claim

Previously called 'EmilyPatented Claims MS 12768Monte Cristo'

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.72276, -105.60838
dep_id: 10014001
mrds_id: D010595
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_unit: Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry;Sherman Granite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1898
discr: Missouri Mining And Milling Co. (Claimant)
References:
  • 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
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