Badger State Placers 1-5

The Badger State Placers 1-5 is a gold mine located in Costilla county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,560 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Badger State Placers 1-5  

State:  Colorado

County:  Costilla

Elevation: 8,560 Feet (2,609 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.58028, -105.28750

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Badger State Placers 1-5 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Badger State Placers 1-5


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Colorado
County: Costilla
District: Grayback (Russell)


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

Owner Name: Trinchera (Estate)
Years: 1910 -

Owner Name: Badger State Placer Mining Co.
Years: 1910 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Dredging
Year First Production: 1898
Year Last Production: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 24.6 CENTS/YD AVG. YIEL


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Development): A LARGE STEAM SHOVEL AND GOLD-SAVING STRUCTURE WAS BUILT, BUT INEXPERIENCE AND MECHANICAL DEFECTS PREVENTED SUCCESSFUL OPERATION.

Comment (Geology): AU DERIVED FROM LOW-GRADE ORES ON GRAYBACK MTN. FOUND ONLY ALONG PLACER CR. AND TRIBUTARIES HEADING ON OR NEAR GRAYBACK MTN.

Comment (Location): ALTHOUGH DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS IN UNSURVEYED PRIVATE LAND GRANT, SECTIONS REPORTED ARE BASED ON PATTON AND OTHERS' (1910) MAP RATHER THAN PROJECTIONS FROM ADJACENT QUADS. LAT-LONG AND ELEVATIONS DETERMINED FROM TOPO QUAD. SITE OR CLAIMS LIE ALONG PLACE CR. FROM JUNCTION OF STRAWBERRY GULCH TO NORTH BOUNDARY OF DENVER PLACER NO. 6. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS SITE OF 1898 SHOVEL CUT IN SW/4 SEC. 25 BETWEEN MILL CR. AND PALMER GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT AVERAGED 18 FT DEEP


References

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: CSM QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 124-134.

Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2.


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