Colorado · Chaffee County
Occurrence

Unnamed Arkansas River Placer Deposits

Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
Gold
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockGravel,Till · Unconsolidated Deposits
StructureSawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, North- And West-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10018011
MRDS IDDC04690
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates39.04305, -106.2645
References
BLM CONNECTING SHEETSPARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 84TWETO, OGDEN, MOENCH, R.H., REED, J.C., JR., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999, 1:250,000CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64