The North Cheyenne District is a gold mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.80333, -104.90056
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North Cheyenne District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Cheyenne District
Secondary: Claims: Marrietta, MS 12075
Secondary: Mars 1-3, MS 17537
Secondary: Experimental, MS 17537
Secondary: Last Dollar, MS 19236
Secondary: Cobra Nos. 2, 3, MS 19253
Secondary: Log Cabin, MS 20052
Secondary: Tantaum No. 2, MS 20057
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: North Cheyenne District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1909
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
Type: L
Description: Ute Pass Fault, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1897-1921
Comment (Location): NORTH OF NORTH CHEYENNE CANYON ALONG HIGH DRIVE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER W2 SEC. 28. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)
Comment (Deposit): NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICT OR CLAIMS AVAILABLE, BUT COULD BE NORTHWARD EXTENSION OF CHEYENNE OR ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT. COUNTRY ROCK OF PIKES PEAK GRANITE INTRUDED BY SMALL SATELLITE STOCKS AND PLUGS OF MT ROSA GRANITE AND FAYALITE GRANITE (SCOTT AND WOBUS, 1973) AND BY LATE PRECAMBRIAN NORTH-TO NNW-TRENDING RIEBECKITE SYENITE LAMPROPHYRE DIKES CONTAINING ACCESSORY MAGNETITE, FLUORITE, AND SPHENE (PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THOSE TO SOUTH IN ST. PETERS DOME AREA). IF SIMILAR TO ST. PETERS DOME, QUARTZ-FLUORITE VEINS COULD CONTAIN AG AND BASE-METAL SULFIDES, BUT THIS IS INCONFIRMED. EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSITION POSSIBLY CONTROLLED BY TERTIARY (?) NORTH-TRENDING EN ECHELON FAULTING AND SHEARING.
Comment (Deposit): NO INDIVIDUAL MINE RECORDS PREPARABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): BLM CONNECTING SHEET (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)
Reference (Deposit): FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS FOLIO: USGS FOLIO 203. & &
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., 1949, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 6, P. 259-284.
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