The Crescent Creek, Imperial and North Wash Placers is a gold mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.09833, -110.54500
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Crescent Creek, Imperial and North Wash Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crescent Creek, Imperial and North Wash Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: 1914
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): PARTS OF S 1/2 OF TWP.
Comment (Deposit): SEMI-ACTIVE, DEVELOPMENT WORK INTERMITTENTLY DONE IN 1970S
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FINE FLAKES OF GOLD
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PP. 228 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL 107 , P. 122 - 12
Reference (Production): DOELLING, 1975
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