Blevins Placer

The Blevins Placer is a gold mine located in Moffat county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,490 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blevins Placer
Secondary: Blevins Dredge

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Moffat
District: Lay District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Blevins Mining Co.
Years: 1906 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Washakie Basin

Type: L
Description: Washakie Basin

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: (SEE LAST PAGE)

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Development): 60-HP 1200-YD/DAY-CAPACITY DREDGE BUILT ON SITE IN 1905, 700 GPM WATER FOR DREDGE PUMPED FROM JACKRABBIT SPRINGS. FUEL SUPPLIED FROM CUT IN COAL BANK ONE MILE NORTH OF MINE

Comment (Deposit): (SEE LAST PAGE)

Comment (Workings): DREDGE OPERATED ON APPROX 10 ACRES. FUEL WAS SUPPLIED FROM CUT IN COAL BANK APPROX. ONE MILE NORTH OF DREDGE SITE IN NW SE SEC. 15

Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF LAY CREEK AT JACKRABBIT SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

References

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B. H., JR., 1974, THE PLACERS OF MOFFAT COUNTY, IN GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 150-168.

Reference (Deposit): GALE, H. S., 1908, GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS NEAR LAY, ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 340, P. 84-95.

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972

Reference (Deposit): FLECK, HERMAN, AND HALDANE, W. G., 1907, A STUDY OF THE URANIUM AND VANADIUM BELTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO: COLORADO DIV. MINES BIENN. REPT., 1905-06, P. 120-121.

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