Mine detail: Ouray

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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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