Unidentified Gold Placer

The Unidentified Gold Placer is a gold mine located in Chaffee 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

Name: Unidentified Gold Placer  

State:  Colorado

County:  Chaffee

Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.00389, -106.23583

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Unidentified Gold Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unidentified Gold Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Granite 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
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben

Type: L
Description: Nnw-Trending Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): PLACERS LOCATED ALONG ARKANSAS RIVER SOUTHEAST OF CLEAR CREEK RESERVOIR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)


References

Reference (Deposit): BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 87.

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, MOENCH, R.H., REED, J.C., JR., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999, 1:250,000

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64


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