The Cherry Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,640 feet.
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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: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.595, -104.81250
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Cherry Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cherry Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Douglas
District: Castle Rock Area
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: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Denver Basin
Type: L
Description: Denver Basin
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): A LONG CHERRY CREEK BETWEEN FRANKTOWN AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVER CONFLUENCE. EXACT LOCATIONS OF OLD WORKINGS NOT DETERMINABLE. LAT-LONG IS CHERRY CR. AT DOUGLAS-ARAPAHOE LINE. DEPOSITS EXTEND ONTO CASTLE ROCK NORTH, FITZSIMONS, ENGLEWOOD QUADS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)
Comment (Development): AS THE SITE OF THE EARLIEST GOLD DISCOVERIES IN COLORADO, THE CHERRY CREEK PLACERS WERE PANNED, SLUICED, AND DRIFT MINED FROM 1858 THRU THE MID 1950'S. PRODUCTION FIGURES HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED SEPARATELY FOR CHERRY CREEK. LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN PROHIBITED BY THE EXTREME FINENESS OF GOLD SIZES AND BY LACK OF WATER.
Comment (Geology): PROBABLE SOURCE OF GOLD IS CASTLE ROCK CONGLOMERATE (LOWER OLIGOCENE)
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 1-857-F.
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.
Reference (Deposit): MABERRY, J.O., AND LINDVALL, R.M., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARKER QUADRANGLE, ARAPAHOE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-770-A.
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GREATER DENVER AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-856-H.
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