Mine detail: Mexican Diggings

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Location

Lat / long: 39.70832, -104.99807

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1858

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Post-Piney Creek Alluvium;Louviers Alluvium
Host type:Gravel,Sand and Gravel
Structure:Denver Basin
Tectonic:Central Platform

References

MRDSD007918
DEP10012342
Reference{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1926, MINING IN COLORADO, A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION: USGS P-138, P. 27.}{Deposit:: SHROBA, R.R., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SURFICIAL AND BEDROCK UNITS OF THE ENGLEWOOD QUADRANGLE, DENVER, ARAPAHOE, AND ADAMS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1524.}{Deposit:: LINDVALL, R.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FORT LOGAN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON, DENVER, AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1427.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.