The Gold Coin is a gold mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 3,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.59194, -110.59694
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Gold Coin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Coin
Secondary: Olympia Bar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Colorado River Placers
Land Status
Land ownership: National Recreation 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: West Flank Monument Upwarp
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BENCH AND BAR GRAVELS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAVELS RAN $.73/YD. GOLD IS 960 FINE. AU:AG=12:1
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Chromite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Rutile
Comments
Comment (Development): WATER WHEEL FROM GOOD HOPE BAR MOVED TO GOLD COIN PLACER IN 1910
Comment (Deposit): GOLD SHOWS UNIFORM VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. PLACER GRAVELS ARE NOW INUNDATED BY LAKE POWELL. LOCATION GIVEN IS IN LAKE POWELL ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN CEDAR AND KNOWLES CANYONS
Comment (Commodity): 3 SMALL COLORS OF GRAY METALLIC MINERAL WITH SAME DEGREE OF ROUNDING AND PITTING WERE BELIEVED TO BE PT; THIS HAS NOT BEEN VERIED. GOLD IS IN SMALL FLAKES GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.1 MM
Comment (Workings): BENCHES AT 20, 65, 155, AND 175 FT ABOVE RIVER LEVEL. LOWER TWO BENCHES HAVE SMALL CUTS, UPPER TWO HAVE EXTENSIVE CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111, P. 638.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1357, P. 4-5.
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