Mine detail: West Side Mining Assoc. Placer Mine

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Location: Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.99024, -107.90011
dep_id: 10013448
mrds_id: D009742
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
conc_proc: Gravity Concentration And Streamflow Processes
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Unconsolidated Deposits--Alluvium
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Washakie Basin
tectonic: Colorado Platform
References:
  • 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.
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