Mine detail: Russellville Gulch Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.34694, -104.69862

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1858

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Piney Creek Alluvium;Post-Piney Creek Alluvium
Host type:Gravel,Sand and Gravel
Structure:Denver Basin
Tectonic:Central Platform
Alteration processes:Denver Basin

References

MRDSD007887
DEP10087565
Reference{Deposit:: TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MACORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-857-F.}{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.}{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.