Carter Mine

The Carter Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,781 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Carter Mine
Secondary: Carter Tunnel

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Masonville District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: 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: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON HILLSIDE ABOVE BUCKHORN CREEK 0.85 MILE NNE FROM MASONVILLE.

Comment (Development): MINE WAS WORKED FOR AU BEFORE 1920 AND REPORTEDLY WAS LARGEST PRO DUCER IN DISTRICT, YIELDING ABOUT $50000 IN AU. PROPERTY APPARENTLY WA S LATER CONSOLIDATED WITH MASON MINE.

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AS CHIMNEY OR PIPE FORMED AT INTERSECTION OF NE-TRENDING JOINTS. SCHEELITE SEEN ON WALLS OF VEIN.

Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY MAIN CROSSCUT TUNNEL 520 TO 550 FT LONG WITH RA ISE TO SURFACE AT 85 FT. 300 FT SOUTH OF ADIT IS SHAFT AND DRIFTS OF U NKNOWN EXTENT

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): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P . 18.

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