The Newlin Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.48528, -104.83417
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Newlin Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Newlin Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Douglas
District: Castle Rock Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Owner Name: Earl Mclain
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Denver Basin
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD SIZE 8.6 TO 44 COLORS/MG
Analytical Data: 0.2 TO 13.5 CENTS/YD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): NEWLIN GULCH STREAM BED. LAT-LONG IS C E/2 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)
Comment (Development): LAST REPORTED ACTIVITY WAS SIX TEST HOLES ACROSS GULCH, PROBABLY 1939.
Comment (Deposit): AU CONCENTRATIONS SMALL, LOCAL, AND CONFINED TO BENCH GRAVELS, PROBABLE SOURCE OF AU IS CASTLE ROCK CONGLOMERATE (LOWER OLIGOCENE)
Comment (Workings): PROFITABLE OPERATIONS PROHIBITED BY EXTREME FINENESS OF AU SPOTTY OCCURRENCE, LACK OF WATER, OLDER WORKINGS WERE DRIFTS DRIVEN INTO BENCH GRAVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART, V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, D.E., AND FITCH, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GREATER DENVER AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR: USGS MAP 1-856-H.
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