Mine detail: Little Annie Placers

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

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Location: Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.43141, -106.60282
dep_id: 10014039
mrds_id: D010655
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: Alluvium;Colluvium
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
arock_unit: Quartz Latite Of South Mountain
arock_type: Quartz Latite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Summitville Fault, South Mountain Dome
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1875
disc_yr: 1870
discr: James L. Wightman, E. Baker, J. Cary French, Sylvester Reese, William Boran
References:
  • 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
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