Alkayo Tunnel

The Alkayo Tunnel is a gold mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,199 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

Name: Alkayo Tunnel  

State:  Colorado

County:  El Paso

Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.78139, -104.90472

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Alkayo Tunnel MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Alkayo Tunnel
Secondary: Claim: Alkayo Tunnel
Secondary: Ms 13355


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) 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: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1899
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: Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, 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 Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Deposit): COUNTRY ROCK OF PIKES PEAK GRANITE IN AREA INTRUDED BY SMALL STOCKS AND PLUGS OF FAYALITE GRANITE AND MT ROSA GRANITE. DEPOSIT COULD BE SIMILAR TO AU-AG-BASE METAL SULFIDE-BEARING FLUORITE VEINS IN SOUTH PART OF DISTRICT, BUT EXACT MINERALOGY IN UNKNOWN.

Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN EXTENT

Comment (Location): NEAR HILLTOP EAST OF BUFFALO CANYON AND 0.4 MILE NW OF FAIRVIEW ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)


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): FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: 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.

Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180.

Reference (Deposit): OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.


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