Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Model56: Placer Au
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlValley-Fill And Terrace Gravels Along Major Streams
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Terrace Gravel;Recent Alluvium
StructureSierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1910
Last production1911
Identification
Deposit ID10087422
MRDS IDD006743
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.56863, -105.28639
References
PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2.PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: CSM QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 124-134.