Mine detail: Unnamed Arkansas River Placer Deposit

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.97667, -106.21338
dep_id: 10018350
mrds_id: DC05271
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
conc_proc: Placer Concentration
Reporter: Unknown, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Unconsolidated Young Gravels
hrock_type: Gravel
Structure: Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Rio Grande Rift, N- And Nw-Trending Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • Deposit:: BLM CONNECTING SHEETS
  • Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 84
  • 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
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