Mine detail: Split Mountain Gorge

Previously called 'Vernal'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.42052, -109.2421

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Platinum
Ore:	Gold, Platinum
Orebody form:	RIVER BARS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Gravel
Tectonic:	Near Boundary Between Colorado Plateau And Rocky Mountains

References

MRDS	M045474
DEP	10038176
Reference	{Deposit:: *EILL, J.J., AND GUNNING, H.C., 1934, OCCURRENCES OF PLATINUM METALS IN FOREIGH COUNTRIES, UNITED STATES, IN PLATINUM AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT 13, P. 132-133.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1357, P. 15-16.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.