Mine detail: Little Annie Placers

Previously called 'Peterson and Brandt PlacersClaims: Peterson Placer, MS 74Brandt Placer, MS 75'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.43141, -106.60282

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium;Colluvium
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Associated rock:Quartz Latite Of South Mountain
Associated type:Quartz Latite
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Summitville Fault, South Mountain Dome
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010655
DEP10014039
Reference{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 208-210.}{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1960, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 343.}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 74, 75}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.