Mine detail: Telluride

Previously called 'Upper San Miguel'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.93167, -107.78953

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Chromium, Tin
Ore:	Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Gravel
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountains

References

MRDS	M045349
DEP	10038075
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Blair, Will N.