Mine detail: Continental Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.06805, -106.9673

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Gold

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium;Talus
Host type:Gravel,Sand and Gravel,Colluvium
Associated rock:Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Elk Uplift, White Rock Pluton, Elk Range Thrust Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSDC04921
DEP10018129
Reference{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MAROON BELLS QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-788}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65}
ReporterUnknown, Schwochow, Stephen D.