The Unnamed Placer Mine is a gold mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,500 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: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.99889, -108.03667
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Unnamed Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Placer Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Placer Mining Claim No. 1, MS 6730
Secondary: Lawn Placer, MS 6824
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
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
Not available
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, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns
Type: L
Description: Placerville Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL HYDRAULIC PLACER CUT AT SE END OF DEPOSIT
Comment (Location): CLAIMS LIE ALONG SAN MIGUEL RIVER BETWEEN FALL CREEK AND POINT ABOUT ONE MILE ABOVE PLACERVILLE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR HYDRAULIC CUT IN APPROX SW SEC. 12. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Deposit): TERRACE GRAVEL REMNANT OCCURS ON SW SIDE OF RIVER; LOWER EDGE OF TERRACE LIES ABOUT 60 TO 100 FT ABOVE STREAM LEVEL.
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): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1960, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE CONE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1082-G.
Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 6730, 6824
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