The Unnamed Placers is a gold mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,709 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,709 Feet (1,740 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.75333, -105.24250
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Unnamed Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Lower Clear Creek Area
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type: L
Description: Golden Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SLOPE OF MT ZION AT MOUTH OF CLEAR CREEK CANYON. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CLEAR CREEK AT COMMON SECTION LINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): BOTH VALLEY-FILL GRAVELS ALONG CLEAR CREEK (LOUVIERS ALLUVIUM) AND BENCH OR TERRACE GRAVELS (CORRELATED WITH VERDOS ALLUVIUM) WORKED ELEVATED GRAVEL REMNANTS ABOUT 230 FT ABOVE STREAM LEVEL WORKED IN SURFACE CUTS AND APPARENTLY BY SOME DRIFTS. LARGEST CUT WAS 1300 YD, EXPOSING 23-FT FACE. PANS OF GRAVEL FROM BEDROCK CONTACT AND FROM UNDER LARGE BOULDERS YIELDED COARSE FLAT COLORS UP TO 0.25 INCH ACROSS. GRAVELS WERE NOT PARTICULARLY RICH NOR OF GREAT EXTENT.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE AND SMALL DRIFT MINES
References
Reference (Deposit): VANHORN, 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.
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