Mine detail: Clear Creek Placers

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.01833, -106.26672

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 Glacial Drift
Host type:	Gravel
Structure:	Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nnw- And Ene-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	DC05152
DEP	10018284
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 44.}{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 87.}{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, MOENCH, R.H., REED, J.C., JR., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTHEASTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64}
Reporter	Unknown, Collins, Donna B.