Cresson Mine (historic underground mine)

The Cresson Mine (historic underground mine) is a gold mine located in Teller county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,030 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Cresson Mine (historic underground mine)
Secondary: see also MAS ID# 0081190261, new surface Cresson Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Teller
District: Cripple Creek 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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Snare Cinstruction Co.

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Geology): Lying wholly within the fragmental and intrusive rocks of the Cripple Creek volcanic complex, the mine is characterized by a pipe-like basaltic breccia mass known as the Cresson blowout. Ore shoots occur as irregular masses and veins adjacent to and within the basaltic breccia. One notable stope contained a vug, discovered in 1914, that contained ore extremely rich in calaverite and yielded 60,000 oz. of gold.

Comment (Location): Near the head of Eclipse Gulch between Raven Hill and Battle Mtn., about 2 miles SE of Cripple Creek, in the SW/4 SW/4 sec. 20, T 15 S, R 69 W.

Comment (Ownership): ORIGINAL OWNER: CRESSON CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING & MILLING CO. (1935)

Comment (Ownership): FOR OWNERSHIP AS OF 1997 SEE FILE 0081190261

Comment (Production): One of the most productive mines in the district, it yielded $35.3 million from 2.1 million tons of ore from 1903 to 1933. Other reports credit it with production worth $51 million to 1961, and with 12% of the total district production. (Sunshine files) Thus, the estimated total production is about 2 to 2.4 million oz. gold

Comment (Deposit): THE RESERVES FOR THE CRESSON DEPOSIT HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED WITH THE CRESSON MINE/CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT (SEQ# 0081190261). THESE RESERVES ARE BEING MINED AS ONE OREBODY OR PROPERTY.

Comment (Development): Developed on 18 levels by a shaft 2400 ft. deep (in 1933), and later deepened to 2750 ft. (Sunshine files)

References

Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reference (Deposit): Lovering, T. S., and Goddard, E. N., 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 223, 319 p.

Reference (Deposit): Loughlin, G. F., and Koschmann, A. H., 1935, Geology and ore deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado: Colorado Scientific Society Proceedings, v. 13, no. 6, p. 217-435.

Reference (Deposit): MINE MAP REPO #403869, #403868 & OTHERS.

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