Red Mountain Lode

The Red Mountain Lode is a lead and zinc mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,401 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

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Site Name

Primary: Red Mountain Lode

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Poverty Flats Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Occurrence
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: Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Poudre River Shear Zone, Stove Prairie Faul T, South Fork Antiform

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON EAST FLANK OF RED MOUNTAIN ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980.

Comment (Deposit): NE-TRENDING SKIN GULCH SHEAR ZONE CUTS MICA SCHIST THAT HAS GENERAL NE-STRIKING, SE-DIPPING FOLIATION JUST NORTH OF INTERSECTION WITH ESE-TRENDING POUDRE RIVER SHEAR ZONE.

Comment (Development): A mine marked on GQ-1323 (Abbott, 1976) at this location is displayed as a quarry. Old MAS record 0080690116 listed this as an underground mine and past-producer. In the absense of any documentation, this updated record is being recorded as an unknown occurrence.

References

Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.

Reference (Deposit): TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 476.

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