Colorado · Moffat County
Occurrence

Blue Gravel Creek Placers

Moffat County, Colorado, United States
Gold
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Unconsolidated Deposits--Alluvium
StructureWashakie Basin
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013455
MRDS IDD009752
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.71664, -107.63927
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.TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972SNOW, E.P., 1895, THE FOURMILE PLACER FIELDS OF (MOFFAT COUNTY), COLORADO AND WYOMING: ENG. AND MINING JOUR., V. 60, P. 102-105.HOOVER, HERBERT C., 1897, GEOLOGY OF THE FOUR-MILE PLACER MINING DISTRICT (MOFFAT COUNTY), COLORADO: ENG. AND MINING JOUR., V. 63, P. 510MARKS, J.H., 1915, PRELIMINARY REPORT, THE TIMBERLAKE OR FOURMILE PLACER DISTRICT, MOFFAT COUNTY: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 9 P.