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Cherry Creek Placers

Past Producer in Douglas county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097809
MRDS ID D007921
Record type Site
Current site name Cherry Creek Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.81307, 39.59499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 0 TO 30 MILES S20W FROM DENVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arapahoe(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle South Platte-Cherry Creek(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Douglas
United States Colorado Arapahoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S;006S;005S;005S 066W;066W;066W;067W 03,10,15,22,27,34;04,05,09,16,21,22,27,34;18,19,20,29,30,32,33;02,03,11,12,13 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • A LONG CHERRY CREEK BETWEEN FRANKTOWN AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVER CONFLUENCE. EXACT LOCATIONS OF OLD WORKINGS NOT DETERMINABLE. LAT-LONG IS CHERRY CR. AT DOUGLAS-ARAPAHOE LINE. DEPOSITS EXTEND ONTO CASTLE ROCK NORTH, FITZSIMONS, ENGLEWOOD QUADS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Piney Creek Alluvium;Post-Piney Creek Alluvium
    Rock description Piney Creek Alluvium;Post-Piney Creek Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.81307, 39.59499
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Denver Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLE SOURCE OF GOLD IS CASTLE ROCK CONGLOMERATE (LOWER OLIGOCENE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Castle Rock Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • AS THE SITE OF THE EARLIEST GOLD DISCOVERIES IN COLORADO, THE CHERRY CREEK PLACERS WERE PANNED, SLUICED, AND DRIFT MINED FROM 1858 THRU THE MID 1950'S. PRODUCTION FIGURES HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED SEPARATELY FOR CHERRY CREEK. LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN PROHIBITED BY THE EXTREME FINENESS OF GOLD SIZES AND BY LACK OF WATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.

  • Deposit

    MABERRY, J.O., AND LINDVALL, R.M., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARKER QUADRANGLE, ARAPAHOE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-770-A.

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GREATER DENVER AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-856-H.

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-857-F.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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