Manitou District

The Manitou District is a gold mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,839 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

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Site Name

Primary: Manitou District
Secondary: Claims: Mollie Reed, MS 16895
Secondary: Rock Creek, MS 16730
Secondary: Caddick, MS 16730
Secondary: Libbie, MS 17528
Secondary: Manitou, MS 17047
Secondary: Buena Vista, MS 17048
Secondary: Big Four, MS 17766

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Manitou 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
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, Manitou Park Half Graben

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): SMALL BLOCK OF CLAIMS ON SE FLANK OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NORTH OF RUXTON CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C N2 S2 SEC. 01. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Comment (Deposit): NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE. POSSIBLE VEIN OCCURRENCES IN PIKES PEAK GRANITE INTRUDED BY LATE PHASE WINDY POINT GRANITE.

Comment (Workings): CLAIMS PROBABLY FIRST PROSPECTED BY UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comment (Deposit): NO INDIVIDUAL MINE RECORDS PREPARABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

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 MINERAL SURVEYS

Reference (Deposit): BLM CONNECTING SHEETS (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

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.

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