The Lost Canyon Placer Deposits is a gold mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,499 Feet (3,505 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.03444, -106.33750
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Lost Canyon Placer Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Canyon Placer Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Lost Canyon (Granite) Area
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
Owner Name: J. A. Green
Years: 1974 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1860
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Year: 1860
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 Range, Sawatch Range Anticline
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Deep Weathering, Some Glaciation
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD OF TWO KINDS: 920 FINE WITH SOME 840 FINE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): SPECIFIC LOCATIONS (LATITUDE, LONGITUDE) GIVEN FOR CENTER OF SECTION 4. THE PLACERS ARE FOUND FROM THE HEAD OF THE CREEK DOWN THROUGH LOST CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PROBABLY GT $200,000 (1974), AVERAGING $3 PER CUBIC YARD, OFTEN WITH STREAKS TO $10 PER CUBIC YARD (1959)
Comment (Development): EXTENSIVE PLACERING WAS CONDUCTED. SOME DRIFTING AND OTHER UNDERGROUND WORK DONE IN LATE 1800'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 77-80
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, MOENCH, R.H., REED, J.C., JR., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999, 1:250,000
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
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