Colorado · Chaffee County
Occurrence

Unidentified Arkansas River Placer Deposit

Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
Gold
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockGravel
StructureArkansas Valley Graben, Sawatch Range
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10091455
MRDS IDDC04961
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.83333, -106.11449
References
BLM CONNECTING SHEETSPARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 84.TWETO, OGDEN, STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR., MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64