Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Model56: Placer Au
Deposit sizeN
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
Identification
Deposit ID10087426
MRDS IDD006753
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.56169, -105.28945
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.