Denver Placers 6-8

The Denver Placers 6-8 is a gold mine located in Costilla county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,474 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Denver Placers 6-8

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

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

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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Trinchera (Estate)
Years: 1910 -

Owner Name: Colorado Gold Dredging Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1911
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

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Development): HAMMOND STEAM DREDGE OPERATED IN 1910 AND 1911 BEFORE SINKING

Comment (Workings): DREDGE WORKED STRIP OF STREAMBED APPROX.2200 FT LONG

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 PLACER CREEK AT CONFLUENCE WITH BRONCO DAN GULCH AND AT CONFLUENCE OF PLACER CR. AND SANGRE DE CRISTO CR. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER OF CUT DISCERNIBLE ON AIRPHOTOS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

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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