Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockGravel · Unconsolidated Deposits Of Old Gravels And Alluviums;Unconsolidated Deposits Of Alluvium
StructureSawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, N- And Ene-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1860
Last production1918
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10018136
MRDS IDDC04938
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.04943, -106.30172
References
PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 64-75TWETO, OGDEN, MOENCH, R.H., REED, J.C., JR., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999, 1:250,000.CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64