The Unnamed Placers is a gold mine located in Delta county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,381 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: 5,381 Feet (1,640 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.81389, -107.68694
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Unnamed Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Delta
District: Hotchkiss 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
Discovery Year: 1874
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: Piceance Basin, Gunnison Uplift
Type: L
Description: Gunnison Uplift, West Elk Centers
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSPECIFIED LOCATIONS IN SW PART OF TOWNSHIP EAST AND NE OF HOTCHKISS. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 20, 21, AND 29 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
Comment (Deposit): PLACERS REPORTEDLY WORKED ON NORTH SIDE OF GUNNISON RIVER MOST LIKELY IN HOLOCENE FLOOD-PLAIN ALLUVIUM, BUT MAY ALSO HAVE INCLUDED PLEISTOCENE TERRACE GRAVEL ON HANSON MESA IN SECS. 20, 29, AND 30
References
Reference (Deposit): HAIL, W.J., JR., 1972, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOTCHKISS AREA, DELTA AND MONTROSE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-698
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 205-206
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