The Boston, Enterprise, and Peoria Placers is a gold mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,381 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: 6,381 Feet (1,945 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.16194, -108.24444
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Boston, Enterprise, and Peoria Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston, Enterprise, and Peoria Placers
Secondary: Patented Claims: Boston Placer, MS 4612
Secondary: Enterprise Placer, MS 4612
Secondary: Peoria Placer, MS 4612
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Lower San Miguel District
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Uncompahrgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns
Type: L
Description: Nucla Syncline
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 (Deposit): PLACER DEVELOPED IN ALLUVIUM ALONG RIVER, POSSIBLY ON LOW BENCH OR TERRACE REMNANT DEVELOPED JUST BELOW CONFLUENCE OF CLAY CREEK.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, POSSIBLE HYDRAULIC WORKING
Comment (Location): CLAIMS LIE ALONG SAN MIGUEL RIVER AND STRADDLE SAN MIGUEL-MONTROSE COUNTY LINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROBABLE PLACER EXCAVATION ON NE SIDE OF RIVER JUST BELOW CLAY CREEK AND LOCATED IN SE SEC. 12, T45N, R13W (FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 172-184.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 4612
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