Colorado · Teller County
Producer

Cripple Creek District

Teller County, Colorado, United States
GoldSemiprecious GemstoneAntimonySilverMercuryTellurium
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySemiprecious Gemstone, Antimony, Silver
TertiaryMercury, Tellurium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Materials
Ore mineralsCalaverite, Gold, Sylvanite, Turquoise, Krennerite
GangueAdularia, Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Roscoelite, Ankerite
Geology
Structurevolcanic/diatreme complex
Alterationpotassium and carbonate metasomatism
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10311065
MRDS IDD001977
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.73333, -105.15
References
Lindgren, W., and Ransome, F. L., 1906, Geology and gold deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 54, 516 p.Loughlin, G. F., and Koschmann, A. H., 1935, Geology and ore deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado: Colorado Scientific Society Proceedings, v. 13, no. 6, p. 217-435.Koschmann, A. H., 1949, Structural control of the gold deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Teller County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 955-B, p. 19-60.Koschmann, A. H., and Bergendahl, M. H., 1968, Principal gold-producing districts of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, 283 p.Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. corporate info., accessed from internet on 4/13/2006WHITE, D.E., 1962, ANTIMONY IN THE U.S.: USGS MR-20.U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1965, Mercury potential of the United States: U.S. Bureau of Mines IC-8252, p. 371-372.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.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.Thompson, T. B., 1986, Geology and mineral deposits, Cripple Creek district, Colorado, in Cripple Creek mining district: Denver Region Exploration Geologists Society Fall Field Guidebook, pp. 16-63.Golden Cycle Gold Corp. corporate info., accessed from internet on 4/13/2006