Mine detail: Law Dredge Mine

Previously called 'Boothe and Nelson Placers'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.92968, -107.62761

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1897

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900
Last production ended: 1904

Geology

Host rock:Unconsolidated Deposits--Alluvium
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Washakie Basin
Tectonic:Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD009739
DEP10013446
Reference{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, THE PLACERS OF MOFFAT COUNTY, IN GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 150-168.}{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972}{Deposit:: SNOW, E.P., 1895, THE FOURMILE PLACER FIELDS OF (MOFFAT COUNTY), COLORADO AND WYOMING: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 60, P. 102-105}{Deposit:: HOOVER, HERBERT C., 1897, GEOLOGY OF THE FOUR-MILE PLACER MINING DISTRICT (MOFFAT COUNTY), COLORADO: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 63, P. 510 &&}{Deposit:: MARKS, J.H., 1915, PRELIMINARY REPORT, THE TIMBERLAKE OR FOURMILE PLACER DISTRICT, MOFFAT COUNTY: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 9 P.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.