Mine detail: Lost Canyon Placer Deposits

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Location

Lat / long:

39.03443, -106.33811

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Discovery year:	1860

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1860
Last production ended:	1959

Geology

Host rock:	Unconsolidated Gravel Deposits
Host type:	Gravel
Structure:	Sawatch Range, Sawatch Range Anticline, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Deep Weathering, Some Glaciation

References

MRDS	DC05149
DEP	10018282
Reference	{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 77-80}{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}
Reporter	Unknown, Collins, Donna B.