Mine detail: Big Dry Creek Placers

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Location: Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.59527, -104.9589
dep_id: 10012343
mrds_id: D007919
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
conc_proc: Gravity Concentration And Stream Action
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Piney Creek Alluvium;Broadway Alluvium
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel
Structure: Denver Basin
tectonic: Central Platform
disc_yr: 1858
discr: Green Russell And Sam Bates
References:
  • 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.
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