Mine detail: Dolores River Placers

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Wyoming Belle Placer, MS 20784B. & S. Placer, MS 20784Gold Nugget Placer, MS 20784Lightning Placer, MS 20784Snyder Placer'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.63918, -108.06009

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold, Silver
Discovery year: 1882

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1882
Last production ended: 1935

Geology

Host rock:Terrace Gravel;Alluvium
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010901
DEP10014226
Reference{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 190-194.}{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1968, PLACER GOLD IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, IN SHOMAKER, JOHN, ED., GUIDEBOOK OF SAN JUAN-SAN MIGUEL-LA PLATA REGION, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 19TH FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 177-179.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 20784}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1882, V. 34, P. 190.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.