Mine detail: Crescent Creek, Imperial and North Wash Placers

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Location: Garfield County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.09832, -110.54573
dep_id: 10015260
mrds_id: DB00600
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Gravity
ore_ctrl: Black, Sandy Streaks At Base Of Surface Gravel
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Fanglomerate
hrock_type: Alluvium
arock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Stable Platform
Year first produced: 1914
References:
  • Deposit:: HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PP. 228 .
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
  • Deposit:: 1975 RECON UGMS BULL 107 , P. 122 - 12
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