Mine detail: Unnamed Gold Prospect

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Location: Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.11248, -107.18342
dep_id: 10094596
mrds_id: D009863
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
alteration: Heavy Iron Staining
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Basalt Flows And Intrusives;Mancos Shale
hrock_type: Basalt
arock_unit: Basalt Flows And Intrusives
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: White River Uplift, Poose Creek Anticline
tectonic: Colorado Platform; Central Cordileera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • MALLORY, W.W., AND OTHERS, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLAT TOPS PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1230-
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