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East Cresson-Altman pit

Producer in Teller 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311072
Record type Site
Current site name East Cresson-Altman pit
Alternate or previous names see also MAS ID# 0081190261, Cresson Mine (new surface mine)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.13279, 38.73639 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek South(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

Comments on the location information

  • About 2-1/4 miles SE of Cripple Creek, and NE of the main Cresson pit, near Altman townsite in the NE/4 sec. 20, T 15 S, R 69 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.13279, 38.73639
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek District

Comments on the ownership information

  • Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co., a joint venture of AngloGold Ashanti (Colorado) Corp. (67%) and Golden Cycle Gold Corp. (33%).

Comments on the production information

  • Production combined with main Cresson Mine.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Resources combined with main Cresson Mine.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAY-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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