Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockGravel,Sand and Gravel · Piney Creek Alluvium;Post-Piney Creek Alluvium
StructureDenver Basin
Tectonic settingCentral Platform
AlterationDenver Basin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1858
Identification
Deposit ID10087565
MRDS IDD007887
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.34694, -104.69862
References
TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MACORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-857-F.PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.