Mine detail: Gold Coin

Previously called 'Olympia Bar'

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Location: San Juan County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.59193, -110.59766
dep_id: 10048470
mrds_id: MP00057
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold, Platinum
gangue: Chromite, Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Rutile, Zircon
orebody_fm: BENCH AND BAR GRAVELS
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream
ore_ctrl: Stream Hydraulics
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Colorado Plateau
References:
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111, P. 638.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1357, P. 4-5.
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