Mine detail: Unnamed Placers

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Location: Delta County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.81388, -107.68759
dep_id: 10097848
mrds_id: D009339
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
conc_proc: Gravity Concentration By Streamflow Process
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Alluvium;Alluvial Deposits Derived Largely From Areas East And South Of North Fork Of Gunnison River
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel
Structure: Piceance Basin, Gunnison Uplift, Gunnison Uplift, West Elk Centers
tectonic: Colorado Platform
disc_yr: 1874
References:
  • Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 205-206
  • Deposit:: HAIL, W.J., JR., 1972, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOTCHKISS AREA, DELTA AND MONTROSE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-698
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