Crescent Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013955
MRDS ID D010529
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.5478, 38.71944 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES S33W OF GUFFEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtyone Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 073W 27 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH WEST OF GUFFEY, ALONG CURRANT CREEK; LOCATIONS ABOVE GIVEN FOR CENTER OF SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOS2 ONLY AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT IN VEINLETS, FRACTURES; AU, AG IN GAL ENA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Migmatitization

Analytical data

Result 15% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation, Biotite Gneiss
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation, Biotite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.5478, 38.71944

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range, Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volca Nic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control For Tungsten Skarns; Fracture/Fault Control On Cu -Zn Skarns

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Guffey (Freshwater) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alfred Dell, Guffey, Co. And F.M. Woods Investment Co.
    Home office Colorado Springs, Co
    First year 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 128.02M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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