The Unnamed Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Moffat county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,096 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: 6,096 Feet (1,858 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.42361, -107.70556
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Unnamed Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Moffat
District: Yampa River 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1934
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Axial Basin Arch, Washakie Basin
Type: L
Description: Round Bottom Syncline, Williams Fork Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACER LIES IN EITHER LOW TERRACE GRAVELS OR FLOOD-PLAIN DEPOSITS ON OUTSIDE OF YAMPA RIVER MEANDER AT ROUND BOTTOM. AS THIS LIES DOWNSTREAM OF POSTULATED WILLIAMS FORK PLACERS, ORIGINAL SOURCE OF AU COULD BE MINERALIZED CRYSTALLINE ROCKS EITHER IN YAMPA RIVER HEADWATERS (PARK RANGE AND ELKHEAD MTNS) OR IN WILLIAMS FORK HEADWATERS (WHITE RIVER PLATEAU).
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF YAMPA RIVER AT ROUND BOTTOM 6 MILES NW OF HAMILTON. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS C S2 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)
Comment (Development): MINOR PLACERING PONE IN 1932-34, YIELDING 14 OZ AU
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, THE PLACERS OF MOFFAT COUNTY, IN GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 150-168.
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972
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