The Youngfield Pit is a sand and gravel, construction mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,430 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,430 Feet (1,655 Meters)
Commodity: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Lat, Long: 39.77306, -105.13889
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Youngfield Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Youngfield Pit
Commodity
Primary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Golden Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mobile Premix Sand And Gravel Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1979
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift
Type: L
Description: Denver Basin
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sand and Gravel
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST SOUTH OF CLEAR CREEK AND ESEAST OF YOUNGFIELD ST. AND I-70
Comment (Commodity): PLACER GOLD WAS RECOVERED AS BY-PRODUCT OF WASHING/SCREENING OF SAND AND GRAVEL FOR CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATE
References
Reference (Deposit): VAN HORN, RICHARD, 1972, SURFICIAL AND BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLDEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-761-A
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 63-126
Reference (Deposit): FRED KRICHBAUM, PERS. COMM., 1975
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