Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Unconsolidated Deposits--Alluvium;Tipton Tongue Of Green River Formation
StructureWashakie Basin
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10013404
MRDS IDD009676
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates40.72829, -107.78984
References
PARKER, B. H., JR., 1974, THE PLACERS OF MOFFAT COUNTY, IN GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 150-168.GALE, H. S., 1908, GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS NEAR LAY, ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 340, P. 84-95.TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972FLECK, HERMAN, AND HALDANE, W. G., 1907, A STUDY OF THE URANIUM AND VANADIUM BELTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO: COLORADO DIV. MINES BIENN. REPT., 1905-06, P. 120-121.