The Colorado Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,058 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,058 Feet (2,761 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.72917, -105.62250
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Colorado Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colorado Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims MS 17461: Denver
Secondary: Gold Medal
Secondary: Minnie O.
Secondary: Gold Queen
Secondary: Gold Spike
Secondary: Gold King No. 2
Secondary: Joker
Secondary: Gold Girl
Secondary: Un Patented Claims: Colorado
Secondary: Good Luck
Secondary: Orphan Boy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Colonial Investment Co.
Home Office: Log Cabin
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type: L
Description: Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS LIE NORTH OF SEVENMILE CREEK ON EDGE OF OVERLAND EROSIONAL SURFACE 1 TO 1.5 MILES WSW FROM MANHATTAN AND EXTEND ONTO KINIKINIK QU AD. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C W2 SEC. 19. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Development): PROSPECTING AND DEVELOPMENT REPORTED FROM 1921 TO 1934
Comment (Deposit): AIRPHOTOS INDICATE PROBABLE QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE TRENDING N86W T HROUGH METAMORPHICS. SECOND POSSIBLE DIKE OR VEIN TRENDS N25W AND MAY INTERSECT SHERMAN GRANITE AND MONZONITE PORPHYRY STOCK. COLORADO VEIN EXTENDS SE THROUGH MONTE CRISTO WORKINGS AND FREE GOLD MINE.
Comment (Workings): 50-FT INCLINED SHAFT AND SOME DRIFTING
References
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
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