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'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.72723, -105.14446

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Calaverite, Pyrite, Gold
Gangue: Adularia, Celestite, Chalcedony, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Marcasite, Quartz, Rutile, Wad
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1892

Geology

References

MAS81190261
DEP10142930
Reference{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}
ReporterBuckingham, David A., Beach, Richard A.