Mine detail: Unnamed Placer Mines

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Location: Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.43164, -107.65066
dep_id: 10097860
mrds_id: D009750
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
conc_proc: Gravity Concentration And Streamflow Processes
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Unconsolidated Deposits--Alluvium
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Axial Basin Arch, Washakie Basin, Round Bottom Syncline, Williams Fork Anticline
tectonic: Colorado Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., MJR., 1974, THE PLACERS OF MOFFAT COUNTY, IN GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 150-168.
  • Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972
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