Mine detail: Lower Arkansas River Placers

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.7375, -106.06616

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDS	DC04993
DEP	10018167
Reference	{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 84-88.}{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR., MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64}
Reporter	Unknown, Collins, Donna B.