Colorado · Larimer County
Past Producer

Rockfield Mine

Larimer County, Colorado, United States
GoldSilver
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Description

Carroll Alsbury (Pendergast Tunnel Claimant)

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
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
First production1937
Last production1941
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10014002
MRDS IDD010597
Alternate namesUnpatented Claims: Rodkfield, Pendergast Tunnel, Valentine Lod E, Matchless Nos. 1 and 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.71165, -105.60254
References
LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 285-286COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.