Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlContact Between Gravel And Resistant, Nearly Flat-Lying Bedrock Surfaces
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Terrace Gravel;Alluvium
StructureParadox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Uncompahgre Uplift, Nucla Syncline
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10014255
MRDS IDD010950
Alternate namesChipeta District, Patented Claims: Spear Placer, MS 1989, New Fisherman Placer, MS 5303, New Washington City Placer, MS 5303, New Boston Placer, MS 5303, New River Bend Placer, MS 5303, Armstrong Placer, MS 5586, Hodges Placer, MS 5586, Logan Placer, MS 5586, Cress Placer, MS 5586, Pratt Placer, MS 1988, Mcintyre Placer, MS 1990, Wiswell Placer, MS 1991
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36805, -108.73623
References
PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 172-184.CATER, F.W., JR., AND OTHERS, 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE URAVAN QUADRANGLE, COLORADO; USGS MAP GQ-78.MCKAY, E.J., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ATKINSON CREEK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-57.MCKAY, E.J., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RED CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-58., 1988, 1990, 1991BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1989, 5303, 5586