The Monte Cristo is a lead, zinc, copper, and beryllium mine located in Summit county, Colorado.
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:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.38694, -106.06833
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Monte Cristo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Monte Cristo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): IRREGULAR AGGREGATES OF VERY LOW-GRADE BERYLLIUM, 8-13 MM IN SIZE.
Comment (Production): PROBABLE PROD. BUT NO RECORDS
Comment (Development): PROSPECTED FOR BE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FRACTURES (PRINCIPLE-N4W, 60W, SUBORDINATE-N10-20W) FAULT N50-55E (SE SIDE DOWN) ALL NEARLY VERTICAL, ORE CHANNEL N55W AND PITCHS 20SW.
Comment (Deposit): PAT. 1880. THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC03799. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC03799 WAS DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE
Reference (Deposit): SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1951, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER BLUE RIVER AREA, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 970, 74 P.
Reference (Deposit): MIN. COMM. MICROFILM FILES, DOC. 12,707
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,65
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., 1949, VOL. 44, NO. 2, P. 58.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
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