The Continental Placer is a mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,400 Feet (3,170 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.06806, -106.96667
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Continental Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Continental Placer
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Maroon Peak Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Elk Uplift
Type: L
Description: White Rock Pluton, Elk Range Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): APPARENTLY ALONG WEST MAROON CREEK OR UNNAMED TRIBUTARY SW OF PYRAMID PEAK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CONFLUENCE OF TWO STREAMS IN UNSURVEYED SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Deposit): SOURCE OF AU UNKNOWN BUT COULD HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED FROM DISSEMINATED SULFIDES IN METAMORPHOSED MAROON FM CLASTICS OR FROM VEINS RELATED TO FAULTS, FRACTURES, AND GRANODIORITE DIKES ASSOCIATED WITH EMPLACEMENT OF WHITE ROCK AND SNOWMASS PLUTONS, IN SIMILAR FASHION AS COLUMBIA DISTRICT TO EAST.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MAROON BELLS QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-788
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65
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