Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USAi
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|---|---|
| Cripple Creek | City |
| Cripple Creek Mining District | Mining District |
| Teller County | County |
| Colorado | State |
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| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Cripple Creek | 1,155 (2017) |
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French:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Comté de Teller, Colorado, États-Unis
German:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Contea di Teller, Colorado, Stati Uniti d'America
Simplified Chinese:
克里普尔溪, 克里普尔溪, 特勒縣, 科羅拉多州, 美国
Spanish:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Condado de Teller, Colorado, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
كريبل كريك, كريبل كريك, مقاطعة تيلير, كولورادو, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Cripple Creek , Cripple Creek , Teller konderria, Colorado
Bulgarian:
Крипъл Крийк, Крипъл Крийк, Телър, Колорадо, Съединени американски щати
Catalan:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Colorado, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado
Chechen:
Крипл-Крик, Крипл-Крик, Колорадо, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Czech:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, Spojené státy americké
Danish:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Dutch:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
Egyptian Arabic:
كريبل كريك, كريبل كريك, كولورادو, امريكا
Farsi/Persian:
کریپل کریک، کلرادو, کریپل کریک، کلرادو, شهرستان تلر، کلرادو, کلرادو, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Haitian:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Kolorado, Etazini
Hungarian:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller megye, Colorado, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
クリプルクリーク, クリプルクリーク, テラー郡, コロラド州, アメリカ合衆国
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Криппл Крик, Криппл Крик, Колорадо, Америка Құрама Штаттары
Korean:
크리플크리크 , 크리플크리크, 콜로라도주, 미국
Kyrgyz:
Криппл Крик, Криппл Крик, Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Malagasy:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Kolorado, Etazonia
Marathi:
क्रिपल क्रीक, क्रिपल क्रीक, कॉलोराडो, अमेरिकेची संयुक्त संस्थाने
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek
Navajo:
Béégashii Ndaʼniłhodii, Béégashii Ndaʼniłhodii, Chʼółání Áłtsʼíísí Bił Hahoodzo, Dibé Nitsaa Hahoodzo, Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
क्रिपल क्रीक, क्रिपल क्रीक, कोलोरादो, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Norwegian:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, USA
Occitan:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Colorado, Estats Units d'America
Polish:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Hrabstwo Teller, Kolorado, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Condado de Teller, Colorado, Estados Unidos
Serbian:
Крипл Крик, Крипл Крик, Округ Телер, Колорадо, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, Sjedinjene Američke Države
South Azerbaijani:
کریپل کریک، کولورادو, کریپل کریک، کولورادو, کولورادو ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Swedish:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, USA
Tatar:
Крипл-Крик, Крипл-Крик, Колорадо, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Traditional Chinese:
克里普爾溪, 克里普爾溪, 哥羅拉度州, 美國
Ukrainian:
Кріпл-Крік, Кріпл-Крік, Теллер, Колорадо, Сполучені Штати Америки
Volapük:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Colorado, Lamerikän
Waray:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Condado han Teller, Colorado, Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Colorado, Unol Daleithiau America
Cripple Creek is a statutory city that is the county seat of Teller County, Colorado, United States. Cripple Creek is a former gold mining camp located 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Colorado Springs, near the base of Pikes Peak. The Cripple Creek Historic District, which received National Historic Landmark status in 1961, includes part or all of the city and the surrounding area. The city is now a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
The first discovery of gold in the land that is now Colorado occurred in 1858. It was found in a small placer that yielded about 20 ounces. That was enough to start a rush that led to the establishment of the Colorado Territory in 1861. By 1869 railroad tracks were being laid to service the booming mining industry. Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.
In 1890 Bob Womack was prospecting in the area of Cripple Creek. The location was west of the Pikes Peak Batholith and he was digging in Intra-ash flow quartz latitic lava, a fine grained intrusive rock composed mostly of alkali feldspar and plagioclase with some quartz. Included in in the volcanic rock were pipes of dark Lamprophyre breccia. He was finding a brittle brass yellow to silver colored material in the breccia. His samples were assayed in Colorado Springs and found to be gold tellurides. The gold rush moved to Cripple Creek!
As the mining camp at Cripple Creek expanded tunnels were cut, trestles were built and tracks were laid connecting Cripple Creek to Colorado Springs. In 1901 the Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs District Railway known as the “Short Line” began service with 200 freight cars used to haul mining supplies and ore.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold var. Electrum | 1.AA.05 | (Au,Ag) |
| ⓘ | 1.AA.05 | Au | |
| ⓘ | Native Tellurium | 1.CC.10 | Te |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Hessite | 2.BA.60 | Ag2Te |
| ⓘ | Petzite | 2.BA.75 | Ag3AuTe2 |
| ⓘ | Coloradoite | 2.CB.05a | HgTe |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Altaite | 2.CD.10 | PbTe |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Sylvanite | 2.EA.05 | AgAuTe4 |
| ⓘ | Calaverite | 2.EA.10 | AuTe2 |
| ⓘ | Krennerite | 2.EA.15 | Au3AgTe8 |
| ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite ? | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Bournonite | 2.GA.50 | PbCuSbS3 |
| ⓘ | 'Tennantite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ | Meneghinite | 2.HB.05b | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| ⓘ | Boulangerite | 2.HC.15 | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| ⓘ | Enargite | 2.KA.05 | Cu3AsS4 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| ⓘ | Gearksutite | 3.CC.05 | Ca[Al(F,OH)5(H2O)] |
| ⓘ | Creedite | 3.CG.15 | Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8 · 2H2O |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Corundum | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Stibiconite | 4.DH.20 | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) |
| ⓘ | Sonoraite | 4.JN.05 | Fe3+(TeO3)(OH) · H2O |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Rhodochrosite | 5.AB.05 | MnCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Celestine | 7.AD.35 | SrSO4 |
| ⓘ | Epsomite | 7.CB.40 | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Turquoise | 8.DD.15 | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Forsterite | 9.AC.05 | Mg2SiO4 |
| ⓘ | Roscoelite | 9.EC.15 | KV3+2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Nontronite | 9.EC.40 | Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Orthoclase | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Psilomelane' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Blaubleibender Covellite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| ⓘ | 'Planerite-Turquoise Series' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Creedite | Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| H | ⓘ Gearksutite | Ca[Al(F,OH)5(H2O)] |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Nontronite | Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Roscoelite | KV23+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Sonoraite | Fe3+(TeO3)(OH) · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| H | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| H | ⓘ Planerite-Turquoise Series | |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Rhodochrosite | MnCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Corundum | Al2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Creedite | Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| O | ⓘ Forsterite | Mg2SiO4 |
| O | ⓘ Gearksutite | Ca[Al(F,OH)5(H2O)] |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Nontronite | Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Rhodochrosite | MnCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Roscoelite | KV23+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Sonoraite | Fe3+(TeO3)(OH) · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| O | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| O | ⓘ Planerite-Turquoise Series | |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Creedite | Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8 · 2H2O |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| F | ⓘ Gearksutite | Ca[Al(F,OH)5(H2O)] |
| F | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Nontronite | Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| Mg | ⓘ Forsterite | Mg2SiO4 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Corundum | Al2O3 |
| Al | ⓘ Creedite | Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8 · 2H2O |
| Al | ⓘ Gearksutite | Ca[Al(F,OH)5(H2O)] |
| Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Al | ⓘ Nontronite | Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Al | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Roscoelite | KV23+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| Al | ⓘ Planerite-Turquoise Series | |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Forsterite | Mg2SiO4 |
| Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Nontronite | Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Roscoelite | KV23+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| P | ⓘ Planerite-Turquoise Series | |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| S | ⓘ Bournonite | PbCuSbS3 |
| S | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Creedite | Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Enargite | Cu3AsS4 |
| S | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| S | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| S | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| K | ⓘ Roscoelite | KV23+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Creedite | Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8 · 2H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Gearksutite | Ca[Al(F,OH)5(H2O)] |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Roscoelite | KV23+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Rhodochrosite | MnCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Nontronite | Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Sonoraite | Fe3+(TeO3)(OH) · H2O |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Bournonite | PbCuSbS3 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Enargite | Cu3AsS4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| Cu | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Cu | ⓘ Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Planerite-Turquoise Series | |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Enargite | Cu3AsS4 |
| As | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| Sr | Strontium | |
| Sr | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Mo | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Gold var. Electrum | (Au,Ag) |
| Ag | ⓘ Hessite | Ag2Te |
| Ag | ⓘ Krennerite | Au3AgTe8 |
| Ag | ⓘ Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
| Ag | ⓘ Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| Sb | ⓘ Bournonite | PbCuSbS3 |
| Sb | ⓘ Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Sb | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Te | Tellurium | |
| Te | ⓘ Altaite | PbTe |
| Te | ⓘ Calaverite | AuTe2 |
| Te | ⓘ Coloradoite | HgTe |
| Te | ⓘ Hessite | Ag2Te |
| Te | ⓘ Krennerite | Au3AgTe8 |
| Te | ⓘ Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
| Te | ⓘ Sonoraite | Fe3+(TeO3)(OH) · H2O |
| Te | ⓘ Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 |
| Te | ⓘ Native Tellurium | Te |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Calaverite | AuTe2 |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold var. Electrum | (Au,Ag) |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Au | ⓘ Krennerite | Au3AgTe8 |
| Au | ⓘ Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
| Au | ⓘ Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Coloradoite | HgTe |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Altaite | PbTe |
| Pb | ⓘ Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| Pb | ⓘ Bournonite | PbCuSbS3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| Pb | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
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| GeoNames ID: | 5418552 |
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Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA