Mine detail: Wayatoya Creek Placer

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Location: Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.41197, -104.96361
dep_id: 10013990
mrds_id: D010576
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
model: 56: Placer Au
conc_proc: Gravity Concentration And Streamflow Processes
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Alluvium
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Culebra Massif, La Veta Syncline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.
  • Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 207.
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