Description
R.D. Mccausland, J.T. Beardsley, V.N. Steele
Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlRecessional Moraine; Elevated Bedrock-Cut Stream Channels
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Terrace Gravel;Glacial Moraine (Wisconsin Till)
Associated rockGranite · Bakers Ridge Granite
StructureSan Juan Uplift, San Juan Basin
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1933
Last production1938
Discovery year1933
Identification
Deposit ID10014106
MRDS IDD010743
Alternate namesAnimas River Placer?
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.45223, -107.79925
References
PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 197-202.PARKER, B.H., JR., 1968, PLACER GOLD IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, IN SHOEMAKER, JOHN, ED., GUIDEBOOK OF SAN JUAN-SAN MIGUEL-LA PLATA REGION, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 19TH FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 168-184.ATWOOD, W.W., AND MATHER, K.F., 1932, PHYSIOGRAPHY AND QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 166.MCCAUSLAND, R.D., 1934, REPORT ON THE ANIMAS RIVER PLACER, LA PLATA COUNTY, WITH ADDITIONAL BY W. E. BUCHANAN: COLORAD. DIV. MINES FILES, UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 5 P.MCCAUSLAND, 1934; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1937 AND 1938