Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Model56: Placer Au
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlValley-Fill And Terrace Gravels Along Major Streams
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Grayback Wash;Recent Alluvium
StructureSierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087425
MRDS IDD006751
Alternate namesOmega No. 1, Claims: Alpha No. 1, Alpha No. 2, Beta No. 1, Beta No. 2, Omega No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.57696, -105.27806
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.