North Cheyenne District

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

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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

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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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