Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Unconsolidated Deposits--Alluvium;Cathedral Bluffs Member Of Wasatch Formation
StructureWashakie Basin
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1939
Identification
Deposit ID10097859
MRDS IDD009746
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates40.7969, -107.69984
References
PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, THE PLACERS OF MOFFAT COUNTY, IN GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 150-168.TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO; USGS MAP I-972SNOW, E.P., 1895, THE FOURMILE PLACER FIELDS OF (MOFFAT COUNTY), COLORADO AND WYOMING: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 60, P. 102-105HOOVER, HERBERT C., 1897, GEOLOGY OF THE FOUR-MILE PLACER MINING DISTRICT (MOFFAT COUNTY), COLORADO: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 63, P. 510.