Description
Manhattan Placer And Quartz Gold Mining Co. (Lancaster Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
StructureFront Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1939
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10013998
MRDS IDD010591
Alternate namesFree Gold, Patented Claims: Air Dale Lode, U Npatented Claims: Pandora Nos. 1-7, Lucky Horseshoe, Big Horn No. 1, Gold Spark, Silver Dollar, Lancaster, MS 17457, Copper Butte
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.72137, -105.59921
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.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.