The Camp Creek Mine is a silver and gold mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.92556, -104.92306
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Camp Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Camp Creek Mine
Secondary: Claims: Saddle Rock
Secondary: Hawkeye
Secondary: Concord
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Green Mountain Falls (?) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Camp Creek Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1919 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift
Type: L
Description: Rampart Range Fault, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG CAMP CREEK, EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON CORNER OF SECTIONS 07, 08, AND 17. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)
Comment (Deposit): NO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE
Comment (Workings): 20-FT SHAFT, 330 FT OF DRIFT, 360 FT OF CROSSCUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT. AND ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1919.
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482.
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