Oro (Naturita) Placer District

Montrose County, Colorado, United States

GoldSilver

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Description

W.H. Bryant And Others (First Claimants)

Commodities

PrimaryGold, Silver

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit typePlacer

Deposit sizeS

Ore controlGravel-Bedrock Contacts In Terrace Deposits; Insides Of Meanders In Flood-Plain Deposits

Materials

Ore mineralsGold, Silver

Geology

Host rockSand and Gravel · Terrace Gravel;Alluvium

StructureNucla Syncline, Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Uncompahgre Uplift

Tectonic settingColorado Platform

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1883

Last production1963

Discovery year1883

Identification

Deposit ID10087936

MRDS IDD010951

Alternate namesWall Street Placer, MS 2520, Rockford Placer, MS 2519, Monitor Placer, MS 2518, Square Deal Placer, MS 2517, Naturita District, Oro District, Patented Claims: Philadelphia Placer, MS 1535, Pinon Placers, Cottonwood Placers, Emma Placer, MS 4572, Mary Ann Placer, MS 4571, Rose Placer, MS 4570, Annie Placer, MS 4570, Green Placer, MS 4569, Akers Placer, MS 4568, Goulding Placer, MS 4568, Lauer Placer, MS 2521, Kentucky Placer, MS 2534, Rock Gap Placer, MS 2533, Gold Queen Placer, MS 6097, United States Placer, MS 6097e, Hobbs Placer, MS 5219, Mansanita Placer, MS 5218, Judson Placer, MS 5217, Thompson Placer, MS 5217

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates38.27, -108.41194

References

PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 172-184.VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BD., V. 154-155.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1535, 2517, 2518, 2519, 2520, 2521, 4568, 4569, 4570, 4571, 4572, 5217, 5218, 5219, 6097 , 2533, 2534HENDERSON, C.W., 1926, MINING IN COLORADO, A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION: USGS PROF. PAPER 138, P. 181-182.VANDERWILT, 1947, P. 154; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1946-1963