Mine detail: Cresson Mine (new surface mine)

Previously called 'see also MAS ID# 0081190018, historic underground Cresson MineCripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. MineCresson, South Cresson, Upper Cresson-Wildhorse, and East Cresson-Altman mines operating in 2006'

Location:	Teller County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.72723, -105.14446
dep_id:	10142930
mas_id:	81190261
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Calaverite, Pyrite, Gold
gangue:	Adularia, Celestite, Chalcedony, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Marcasite, Quartz, Rutile, Wad
work_type:	Surface
model:	84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Reporter:	Buckingham, David A., Beach, Richard A.
Year first produced:	1892
disc_yr:	1890
References:	Deposit:: JIM MUNTZERT (GENERAL MANAGER). CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING CO. SITE VISIT, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND INFORMATION RECEIVED JULY 13, 21, AND 27, 1992 AND AUG. 3, 1992. Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 107, #8, FEB. 21, 1996, PP. 1, 4, Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 108, #5, JAN. 29, 1997, PP. 1, 4, Deposit:: ROCKY MTN PAY DIRT, 9-96, P.10. Deposit:: Pontius, J. A., and Head, J. A., 1996, Cresson mine: case history of a rapidly evolving mining project: Mining Engineering, Jan. 1996, p. 26-30. 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. Deposit:: Jensen, E. P., 2003, Magmatic and hydrothermal evolution of the Cripple Creek gold deposit, Colorado, and comparisons with regional and global magmatic-hydrothermal systems associated with alkaline magmatism: Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 846 p. Geology:: THOMPSON, T. B. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, COLORADO. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, PRESENTATION AT THE 1991 SME ANNUAL MEETING, DENVER, CO., 1991. Geology:: PONTIUS, J. A. (EXPLORATION MANAGER) AND R. A. BUTTS (PROJECT GEOLOGIST). GEOLOGY AND GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE CRESSON DEPOSIT, CRIPPLE CREEK, CO. PRESENTED AT THE NORTHWEST MINING ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, SPOKANE, WASH. DECEMBER 4-6, 1991. Ownership:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 108, #5, 01/29/97, PP. 1, 4, Ownership:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 108, #8, FEB. 21, 1997, PP. 1, 4, Production:: Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. corporate info., accessed from internet on 4/13/2006 Reserve-Resource:: GOLDEN CYCLE GOLD CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P5. Reserve-Resource:: GOLDEN CYCLE GOLD CORPORATION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 1-2. Reserve-Resource:: Golden Cycle Gold Corp. corporate info., accessed from internet on 4/13/2006