The Wells and Egan Placer is a gold mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,300 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: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.02167, -108.07833
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Wells and Egan Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wells and Egan Placer
Secondary: Patented Claim: Wells and Egan Placer
Secondary: Ms 961
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Lower San Miguel District
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
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns
Type: L
Description: Placerville 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
Analytical Data: WILFLEY (1919) REPORTED FIVE PANS YIELDING 6 TO 140 COLORS/PAN
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE LIES ON SOUTH SIDE OF SAN MIGUEL RIVER ABOUT ONE MILE BELOW CONFLUENCE WITH LEOPARD CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR DRIFT MINE ADIT IN SW SW NE SEC. 33. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Deposit): PLACER MINE DEVELOPED ON TWO SMALL TERRACE GRAVEL REMNANTS LYING ABOUT 80 TO 100 FT ABOVE PRESENT RIVER LEVEL.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY PRINCIPAL DRIFT TUNNEL DRIVEN ABOUT N 85 W WITH SEVERAL BRANCHES; SEVERAL EXPLORATORY CUTS AND SHORT TUNNELS. WILFLEY (1919) REPORTED THAT TUNNEL UP TO 10 FT HIGH STOOD WELL UNTIMBERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 961
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 172-184.
Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL.
Reference (Deposit): WILFLEY, C.R., 1919, UNPUB. ENG. REPT. (LETTER): 5 P.
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