The Fairplay Placer is a gold mine located in Park county, Colorado.
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Fairplay Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairplay Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1859-1957
Material type: Keith Long significant deposits list, November 2010. Includes Alma placers.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): A dredge was operated near Fairplay by Timberline Dredging Company (Smith, 2009, p. 249).
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, 1961, GOLD PLACERS OF COLO.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, 1947. MIN. RES. OF COLO.
Reference (Deposit): Smith, D.A., 2009, The trail of gold and silver [Mining in Colorado, 1859-2009]: Boulder, Univ. Press of Colorado, 989 p.
Pages: p. 249.
Reference (Deposit): Singewald, Q.D., 1950, Gold placers and their geologic environment in northwestern Park County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 955-D, p. 103-172.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64
Reference (Production): USBM Minerals Yearbooks 1939-57
Reference (Deposit): DEL RIO, 1961, MIN RES. OF COLO.
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