Lost Canyon Placer Deposits

The Lost Canyon Placer Deposits is a gold mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,499 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

Name: Lost Canyon Placer Deposits  

State:  Colorado

County:  Chaffee

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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