Mine detail: Big Dry Creek Placers

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.59527, -104.9589

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1858

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDSD007919
DEP10012343
Reference{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUAT., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57}{Deposit:: MABERRY, J.O., AND LINDVALL, R.M., 1977, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HIGHLANDS RANCH QUADRANGLE, ARAPAHOE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1413.}{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.