The Iron Hill Placer is a gold mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,499 feet.
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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: 10,499 Feet (3,200 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.31528, -105.89306
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Iron Hill Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Hill Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Como District
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream 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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PGE REPORTEDLY FOUND IN ASSAYED AURIFEROUS GRAVEL
Comment (Location): IN PIKE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT CONFLUENCE OF DEADWOOD AND MONTGOMERY GULCHES SOUTHEAST OF IRON MOUNTAIN
References
Reference (Deposit): KUNZ, G.F., 1917, PLATINUM: MINERAL INDUSTRY (NEW YORK AND LONDON), V. 26, P. 541
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