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Producer in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017499
MRDS ID DC03678
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.11062, 38.74129 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bull Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Teller

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 69W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) Intra-ash flow quartz latitic lavas

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dikes, Fissure, Collapse Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINER. WITHIN CRATER OF MIOCENE VOLCANO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1891-1962

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek

Comments on the production information

  • $424,190,000 AU, $1,850,000 AG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND LARGEST AU PRODUCER IN THE USA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.