Location: | Costilla County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.57974, -105.28584 |
dep_id: | 10097793 |
mrds_id: | D006750 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Trace mineral: | Tellurium |
Operation type: | Surface |
Deposit type: | Placer |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Calaverite, Gold |
model: | 56: Placer Au |
conc_proc: | Gravity Concentration And Stream Sorting |
ore_ctrl: | Valley-Fill And Terrace Gravels Along Major Streams |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Recent Alluvium |
hrock_type: | Sand and Gravel |
Structure: | Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
yr_lst_prd: | 1909 |
References: |
- Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2.
- Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: CSM QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 124-134.
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