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Camp Creek Mine

Occurrence in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013842
MRDS ID D010368
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Saddle Rock, Hawkeye, Concord

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.92362, 38.92556 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 6 TO 9 MILES N 35 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013S;013S 067W;068W 07,08,16,17,21;12 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG CAMP CREEK, EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON CORNER OF SECTIONS 07, 08, AND 17. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss;Pikes Peak Granite
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss;Pikes Peak Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.92362, 38.92556
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rampart Range Fault, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Green Mountain Falls (?) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Camp Creek Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1919

Comments on the workings information

  • 20-FT SHAFT, 330 FT OF DRIFT, 360 FT OF CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 I-857-F.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT. AND ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1919.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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