Mine detail: Badger State Placers 1-5

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Location

Lat / long:

37.5803, -105.28806

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1898
Last production ended:	1898

Geology

Host rock:	Terrace Gravel;Recent Alluvium
Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)

References

MRDS	D006744
DEP	10011669
Reference	{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2.}{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: CSM QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 124-134.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.