Free Gold Mine (Silver Dollar; Big Horn No. 1; Copper Butte; Gold Spark; Lancaster; MS 17457), Manhattan Mining District, Larimer County, Colorado, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 43' 17'' North , 105° 35' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Red Feather Lakes | 343 (2011) | 9.0km |
Estes Park | 6,257 (2017) | 38.8km |
Laporte | 2,450 (2015) | 40.1km |
Grand Lake | 483 (2017) | 55.5km |
Lyons | 2,147 (2017) | 61.7km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
---|---|---|
Fort Collins Rockhounds | Fort Collins, Colorado | 46km |
Mindat Locality ID:
115490
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:115490:3
GUID (UUID V4):
c5970bfd-3675-45f4-a949-aa6f303a2df3
REF:Patented Claims: Air Dale Lode; Lucky Horseshoe; U Npatented Claims: Pandora Nos. 1-7; Free Gold
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.
Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
Commodities (Major) - Silver, Gold; (Trace) - Copper
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses, Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Host Rock: Gneiss, Schist
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
---|---|---|
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Great Plains DomainDomain
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