Location: | Ouray County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.02722, -107.67342 |
dep_id: | 10038131 |
mrds_id: | M045417 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Gold |
Minor mineral: | Zinc |
Trace mineral: | Platinum, Osmium, Palladium, Iridium |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Stream Placer |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Gold |
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: | Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
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 OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1192-1193.
- Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 161.
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