Monte Cristo Claim

The Monte Cristo Claim is a gold and silver mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,199 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

Name: Monte Cristo Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  Larimer

Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.72278, -105.60778

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Monte Cristo Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Monte Cristo Claim
Secondary: Patented Claims MS 12768
Secondary: Monte Cristo
Secondary: Emily


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Manhattan District


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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
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: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH DRIVEN GENERALLY NW

Comment (Location): NORTH OF SEVENMILE CREEK ON EDGE OF OVERLAND EROSOINAL SURFACE 0.8 0 MILE SW OF MANHATTAN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT ADIT PROBABLY ON MONTE CRISTO CLAIM AND VEIN ON SECTION LINE IN SW SEC. 20. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Comment (Deposit): AIRPHOTOS INDICATE PROBABLE QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE TRENDING N63W A AND CUTTING METAMORPHICS. DIKE AND MINE LOCATION ON TOPO MAP LIE SOUTH OF CLAIM LOCATION SHOWN ON BLM MAPS. VEIN EXTENDS TO FREE GOLD MINE O N SE AND COLORADO MINE ON NW.


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. 285-286


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