Colorado · Arapahoe County
Occurrence

Big Dry Creek Placers

Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States
Gold
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Description

Green Russell And Sam Bates

Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockGravel,Sand and Gravel · Piney Creek Alluvium;Broadway Alluvium
StructureDenver Basin
Tectonic settingCentral Platform
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1858
Identification
Deposit ID10012343
MRDS IDD007919
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.59527, -104.9589
References
PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUAT., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57MABERRY, J.O., AND LINDVALL, R.M., 1977, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HIGHLANDS RANCH QUADRANGLE, ARAPAHOE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1413.LINDVALL, R.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FORT LOGAN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON, DENVER, AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1427.