Mine detail: Gordon Pit

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Location: Adams County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.81388, -105.00779
dep_id: 10013250
mrds_id: D009442
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Sand and Gravel
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Gravity Concentration And Streamflow Processes
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Louviers Alluvium;Post-Piney Creek Alluvium
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift
tectonic: Central Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDVALL, R.M., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ARVADA QUADRANGLE, ADAMS, DENVER, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1453
  • Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 63-126
  • Deposit:: COYLE, J.C., 1928, TWO MODERN DRAGLINE PLANTS: ROCK PRODUCTS, V. 31, NO. 12, P. 50-52
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