Colorado · Larimer County
Occurrence

Monte Cristo Claim

Larimer County, Colorado, United States
GoldSilver
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Description

Missouri Mining And Milling Co. (Claimant)

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry;Sherman Granite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1898
Identification
Deposit ID10014001
MRDS IDD010595
Alternate namesEmily, Patented Claims MS 12768, Monte Cristo
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.72276, -105.60838
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