Description
W.H. Remington (Claimant)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlContact Between Gravel And Resistant, Nearly Flat-Lying Bedrock Surfaces; Insides Of Meanders
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Terrace Gravel;Alluvium
StructureParadox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Uncompaghre Uplift, Nucla Syncline
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10014256
MRDS IDD010952
Alternate namesVixen District, Patented Claims: Bancroft Placer, MS 2243, Remington Placer, MS 2244, Lizzie F. Placer MS 2245, Index Placer, MS 2246, Little Louise Placer, MS 2247
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.43777, -108.83929
References
PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 172-184.MCKAY, E.J., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RED CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-58.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1890, FLUME WORK OF THE MONTROSE PLACER MINING COMPANY: ENG. MINING JOUR., V.49, NO. 20, P. 563-565.LEARNED, E.A., 1981, THE HANGING FLUME OF DOLORES RIVER CANYON, MONTROSE COUNTY, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO--WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH: NEW MEXICO GEOL SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 337.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1887, V. 44, NO. 15, P. 263.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS 2243, 2244, 2245, 2246, 2247COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16.