Mine detail: Unidentified Whitehorn Placer Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.64917, -105.87559

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium
Host type:Gravel,Sand and Gravel
Structure:Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Pleasant Valley Syncline
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD010359
DEP10090942
Reference{Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.}{Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 157-174.}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 87}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.