Cherry Creek Placers

The Cherry Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,640 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: Cherry Creek Placers  

State:  Colorado

County:  Douglas

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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