Mine detail: Gold Run Gulch Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.04943, -106.30172

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1860
Last production ended: 1918

Geology

Host rock:Unconsolidated Deposits Of Old Gravels And Alluviums;Unconsolidated Deposits Of Alluvium
Host type:Gravel
Structure:Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, N- And Ene-Trending Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSDC04938
DEP10018136
Reference{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 64-75}{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, MOENCH, R.H., REED, J.C., JR., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64}
ReporterUnknown, Collins, Donna B.