Mine detail: Wayatoya Creek Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.41197, -104.96361

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Alluvium
Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Culebra Massif, La Veta Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010576
DEP	10013990
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.