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Cresson Mine (new surface mine)

Teller County, Colorado, United States
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsCalaverite, Pyrite, Gold
GangueAdularia, Celestite, Chalcedony, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Marcasite, Quartz, Rutile, Wad
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1892
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10142930
Alternate namessee also MAS ID# 0081190018, historic underground Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. Mine, Cresson, South Cresson, Upper Cresson-Wildhorse, and East Cresson-Altman mines operating in 2006
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.72723, -105.14446
References
JIM MUNTZERT (GENERAL MANAGER). CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING CO. SITE VISIT, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND INFORMATION RECEIVED JULY 13, 21, AND 27, 1992 AND AUG. 3, 1992.THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 107, #8, FEB. 21, 1996, PP. 1, 4,THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 108, #5, JAN. 29, 1997, PP. 1, 4,ROCKY MTN PAY DIRT, 9-96, P.10.Pontius, J. A., and Head, J. A., 1996, Cresson mine: case history of a rapidly evolving mining project: Mining Engineering, Jan. 1996, p. 26-30.Vardiman, D.M., Roy, E., Thornton, D., Nicholson, D., White, D., and Melker, M., 2006, Geology and exploration developments, Cripple Creek mining district, Colorado, USA: Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co., Geology Field Guide, 11 p.Jensen, E. P., 2003, Magmatic and hydrothermal evolution of the Cripple Creek gold deposit, Colorado, and comparisons with regional and global magmatic-hydrothermal systems associated with alkaline magmatism: Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 846 p.THOMPSON, T. B. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, COLORADO. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, PRESENTATION AT THE 1991 SME ANNUAL MEETING, DENVER, CO., 1991.PONTIUS, J. A. (EXPLORATION MANAGER) AND R. A. BUTTS (PROJECT GEOLOGIST). GEOLOGY AND GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE CRESSON DEPOSIT, CRIPPLE CREEK, CO. PRESENTED AT THE NORTHWEST MINING ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, SPOKANE, WASH. DECEMBER 4-6, 1991.THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 108, #5, 01/29/97, PP. 1, 4,THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 108, #8, FEB. 21, 1997, PP. 1, 4,Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. corporate info., accessed from internet on 4/13/2006GOLDEN CYCLE GOLD CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P5.GOLDEN CYCLE GOLD CORPORATION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 1-2.Golden Cycle Gold Corp. corporate info., accessed from internet on 4/13/2006