Mine detail: Swadley Placers

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Location

Lat / long:

39.80082, -105.0653

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Discovery year:	1858

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1858
Last production ended:	1859

Geology

Host rock:	Louviers Alluvium;Denver Formation
Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift
Tectonic:	Central Platform

References

MRDS	D009450
DEP	10013255
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.