The Lone Pine Mine is a gold mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,679 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.4975, -105.20250
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Lone Pine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Pine Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Lone Pine
Secondary: Golden Glory
Secondary: Golden Reward
Secondary: Urrah
Secondary: Hurrah No. 2
Secondary: Morning Star
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Masonville District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Anna Krutsinger
Home Office: Masonville
Years: 1934 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Cheyenne Basin
Type: L
Description: Big Thompson Anticline, Milner Mountain Fault, Fletcher Hill (Buck Horn) Fault, Masonville Anticline, Buckhorn Syncline, Masonville Stock , Redstone Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY FOUR SHAFTS, DEEPEST OF WHICH IS INCLINED SHAFT 50 FT DEEP WITH ONE LEVEL OF UNKNOWN
Comment (Location): ON HILLSIDE OR NEAR HILLTOP WEST OF REDSTONE CREEK 0.8 MILE NE FRO M MASONVILLE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER E2 SW SEC. 11. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
References
Reference (Deposit): WOLFE, J.A., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE MASONVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LARIM ER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-789.
Reference (Deposit): BRADDOCK, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MASONVILLE QU ADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-832.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
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