Running Creek Placer Occurrence

The Running Creek Placer Occurrence is a gold mine located in Elbert county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,424 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Running Creek Placer Occurrence

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Elbert
District: Elizabeth 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS OR POD

Structure

Type: R
Description: Denver Basin

Type: L
Description: Denver Basin

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SEE TABLE UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Commodity): AU-AG AMALGAM PROBABLY IS CONTAMINATION FROM OLD PLACER OPERATIONS

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM DESBOROUGH AND OTHERS' (1970) MAP OF SEDIMENT SAMPLE LOCALITIES. SITE COULD BE SAME AS DC 04511. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SE SEC 07. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Comment (Development): THIS WAS SEDIMENT SAMPLE SITE, BUT PLACERING LIKELY WAS DONE ELSEWHERE ALONG CREEK.

Comment (Geology): GOLD BELIEVED TO HAVE OCCURRED AS FOSSIL PLACERS IN CASTLE ROCK CONGLOMERATE, SUBSEQUENTLY ERODED FROM THAT AND RECONCENTRATED IN HOLOCENE ALLUVIUM DOWNSTREAM.

References

Reference (Deposit): DESBOROUGH, G.A., RAYMOND, W.H., AND SOULE, COURTNEY, 1970, PLACER GOLD OF UNIQUE FINENESS IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 700-D, P. D134-D139.

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.

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