Description
Manhattan Placer And Quartz Gold Mining Co. (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Sherman Granite;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porhyry
StructureFront Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10087882
MRDS IDD010590
Alternate namesPatented Claims MS 17461: Denver, Gold Medal, Minnie O., Gold Queen, Good Luck, Orphan Boy, Gold Spike, Gold King No. 2, Joker, Gold Girl, Un Patented Claims: Colorado
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.72915, -105.6231
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.