Mine detail: Telluride

Previously called 'Upper San Miguel'

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Location: San Miguel County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.93167, -107.78953
dep_id: 10038075
mrds_id: M045349
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Platinum
Trace mineral: Chromium, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream
ore_ctrl: Stream Hydraulics
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Blair, Will N.
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Rocky Mountains
References:
  • Deposit:: DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES, CLAENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1194-1195.
  • Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 421-424.
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