Colorado · Larimer County
Occurrence
Prodigal Mine
Larimer County, Colorado, United States
Silver
Gold
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Commodities
Primary
Silver, Gold
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
N
Materials
Ore minerals
Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Granite · Sherman Granite;Laramide Intrusive Rocks-Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite · Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphypy;Sherman Granite
Structure
Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10087883
MRDS ID
D010596
Alternate names
Unpatented Claims: Prodigal, Opal Extension
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
40.73498, -105.60393
References
LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 286.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.