Clear Creek Placers

The Clear Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Clear Creek Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Clear Creek, Granite Area

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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
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, Arkansas Valley Graben

Type: L
Description: Nnw- And Ene-Trending Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): PLACERS EXTEND ALONG CLEAR CREEK WEST OF CLEAR CREEK RESERVOIR. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE GIVEN ABOVE ARE FOR CLEAR CREEK NEAR CENTER OF SECTION 12 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 87.

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, MOENCH, R.H., REED, J.C., JR., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTHEASTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999, 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 44.

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