Description
Missouri Mining And Milling Co. (Monte Cristo And Emily Claimant, 1898)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlEast-West And Wnw-Trending Laramide Quartz Monzonite Dikes
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Uranophane
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Sherman Granite;Metamorphic Rocks-Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Sherman Granite;Laramide Intrusive Rocks-Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
StructureFront Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Rawah Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationOxidation Of Pyritic Ores
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1941
Identification
Deposit ID10101858
MRDS IDD010594
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.7322, -105.59977
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.MARKS, J.H., 1935, REPORT ON MINING PROPERTY OF C.M. GERE, ET. AL., THE GOLD COIN MNG. SYNDICATE, MANHATTAN MNG. DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY : COLORADO ST. PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 2 P., 3 MAPS.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEYSNELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCE S OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 208-211.