Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Alluvium
StructureSan Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1873
Identification
Deposit ID10097877
MRDS IDD010833
Alternate namesFlorence Placer, MS 8825, Florence, Golden Rule, Durango, La Plata, and Deadwood Placers, Patented Claims: Durango Placer, MS 8767, La Plata Placer, MS 8767, Golden Rule Placer, MS 8824, Deadwood Placer, MS 16493
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.38168, -108.07676
References
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 76.PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 194-197.CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1899, DESCRIPTION OF THE LA PLATA QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 60.BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 8767, 8824, 8825, 16493