The Red Mountain Prospect is a gold, silver, and molybdenum mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,549 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: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 38.29083, -105.46583
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Red Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Mountain Prospect
Secondary: Shamrock Claims
Secondary: Mowe, Hollister and Drake Operation Claims: Mary Jean, Lucky Strike
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Copper Gulch Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1933
Year Last Production: 1933
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: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinzation
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY FROM MOWE ET AL CLAIMS $2 TO $ 72/TON AU
Analytical Data: 0.2 OZ/TON AG FROM GRAB SAMPLE
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTH FROM PARKDALE 18 MILES ON COPPER GULCH ROAD, THEN EAST ONE MILE ON A JEEP TRAIL; THE SHAMROCK CLAIMS AND MOWE, HOLLISTER AND DRAKE WORKINGS ARE IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY. IF THEY ARE NOT THE SAME WORKINGS AS THE RED MOUNTAIN PROSPECT, THEY ARE VERY CLOSE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): 2000 TONS OF LOW-GRADE AU, AG ORE REPORTEDLY SHIPPED IN 1933 FROM SHAMROCK CLAIMS; MINE IN THIS AREA REPORTEDLY PRODUCED MOLYBDENUM ORE WITH GRADES OF 3-30 % MOS2 FROM A 6-FT VEIN IN A 47 FT SHAFT (COLO. DIV. MINES)
Comment (Commodity): RANDOM GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP
Comment (Workings): 3 SMALL PITS RANGING FROM 10 TO 20 FT DIAMETER, 6 FT DEEP; SHAFT 12 FT DEEP (SHAMROCK CLAIM); 40 FT SHAFT (MOWE ET AL WORKINGS)
References
Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 118-119
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES INSPECTION RECORDS, 1938
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