The Prodigal Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,652 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,652 Feet (2,637 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.735, -105.60333
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Prodigal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prodigal Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Prodigal
Secondary: Opal Extension
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: E. C. And Z. M. Robinson
Home Office: Livermore
Years: 1964 -
Owner Name: Robinson Ranch Mines, Inc.
Home Office: Livermore
Years: 1964 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): ASSESSMENT WORK DONE 1921-29
Comment (Deposit): AIRPHOTOS INDICATE PROBABLE QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE (PRODIGAL VEIN) TRENDING N3 TO 15E FROM NW SEC. 20 INTO E2 W2 SEC. 17 ON EAST FLANK O F PROHIBITION MTN.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE TRENCHING; 165-FT-DEEP SHAFT, SHORT CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS
Comment (Location): SECTIONS LISTED ARE FROM CDM INF. REPT. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN AR E FOR PROSPECT IN NW NW SEC. 20, PROBABLE LOCATION BASED ON PRODIGAL 1 AND 2 CLAIMS RELOCATION IN 1979 (BLM RECORDS). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
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. 286.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
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