The Cooley Gravel Co. Pits is a sand and gravel, construction mine located in Adams county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,220 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,220 Feet (1,591 Meters)
Commodity: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Lat, Long: 39.80917, -105.02917
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Cooley Gravel Co. Pits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cooley Gravel Co. Pits
Commodity
Primary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Adams
District: Denver Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cooley Gravel Co.
Years: 1964 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Year Last Production: 1964
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift
Type: L
Description: Denver Basin
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: Sand and Gravel
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH OF CLEAR CREEK BETWEEN FEDERAL AND LOWELL BLVDS.
Comment (Development): GOLD RECOVERY AMOUNTED TO 6 TO 7 CENTS PER TON (AT $35/OZ AU)
Comment (Workings): DREDGE-OPERATED PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES B. COOLEY, PERS. COMM. 8/82
Reference (Deposit): LENHART, W.B., 1953, DREDGING FOR GRAVEL AND GOLD-COOLEY GRAVEL CO.: ROCK PRODUCTS, V. 56, P. 94-98.
Reference (Deposit): LINDVALL, R.M., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ARVADA QUADRANGLE, ADAMS, DENVER, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1453
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 63-126
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