Unnamed Placer

The Unnamed Placer is a gold mine located in Las Animas county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,799 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: Unnamed Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Las Animas
District: Spanish Peaks Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface
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: Raton Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Raton Basin Trough, Sierra Grande Uplift

Type: L
Description: La Veta Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT PROBABLY ALONG OR NEAR SOUTH FORK TRUJILLO CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER N2 SEC. 07. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

References

Reference (Deposit): CONSERV. DIV. COMP. DATA 4,63 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.

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