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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