Mine detail: Bakers Ridge Placer

Previously called 'Animas River Placer?'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.45223, -107.79925

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1933

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1933
Last production ended: 1938

Geology

Host rock:Terrace Gravel;Glacial Moraine (Wisconsin Till)
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Associated rock:Bakers Ridge Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:San Juan Uplift, San Juan Basin
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010743
DEP10014106
Reference{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 197-202.}{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1968, PLACER GOLD IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, IN SHOEMAKER, JOHN, ED., GUIDEBOOK OF SAN JUAN-SAN MIGUEL-LA PLATA REGION, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 19TH FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 168-184.}{Deposit:: ATWOOD, W.W., AND MATHER, K.F., 1932, PHYSIOGRAPHY AND QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 166.}{Deposit:: MCCAUSLAND, R.D., 1934, REPORT ON THE ANIMAS RIVER PLACER, LA PLATA COUNTY, WITH ADDITIONAL BY W. E. BUCHANAN: COLORAD. DIV. MINES FILES, UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 5 P.}{Production:: MCCAUSLAND, 1934; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1937 AND 1938}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.