Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Alluvium
StructureSan Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10014163
MRDS IDD010818
Alternate namesRocky, Gold Run, Hidden Treasure, Fall Creek, East Gulch,, And Belle of East Mancos Placers, Marshall Placer, Patented Claims: Rocky Placer, MS 16059, Gold Run Placer, MS 16059, Hidden Treasure Placer, MS 16059, Fall Creek Placer, MS 16059, East Gulch Placer, MS 16059, Belle of East Mancos Placer, MS 16059
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.38501, -108.13871
References
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 76.PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69 NO. 4, P. 194-197.CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1899, DESCRIPTION OF THE LA PLATA QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 60.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16059ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1934, HIGHER PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVER ENCOURAGE MUCH NEW MINING IN THE UNITED STATES: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 135, NO. 3, P. 130-131.