| 7:00 AM-6:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: |
411. Geology of the Cripple Creek Gold-Telluride Deposit, Colorado
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| Primary Leader: Paul G. Spry |
| Leader(s): Eric P. Jensen |
| Field Trip Description: This trip will focus on the geological setting of one of the largest gold deposits in North America, Cripple Creek and its surrounding environs. The emphasis will be on the host rocks, hydrothermal alteration, and structural relations of the precious metal mineralization. Planned stops include the lodes and attendant hydrothermal alteration in the operating pit at Cripple Creek, and surface exposures of the Cripple Creek Diatreme Intrusive Complex. Participants will see the spatial/genetic relations among gold mineralization, breccias, and alkaline igneous rocks. The trip begins and ends in Denver. |
| Field Trip will span: 1 day |
| Sponsor(s): Society of Economic Geologists, International Geological Correlations Program IGCP486 (Au-Ag-Telluride-Selenide Deposits) |