Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlCoarse Gravel And Boulders Near Bedrock Contact
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Piney Creek Alluvium;Post-Piney Creek Alluvium
StructureFront Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Junction Ranch Fault Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1935
Last production1935
Identification
Deposit ID10013742
MRDS IDD010202
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates39.74305, -105.28975
References
PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 63-126.SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-A.