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Unnamed Placers

Past Producer in Delta county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013188
MRDS ID D009338
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.22233, 38.74249 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position 8.5 MILES N 87 W FROM DELTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Delta(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roubideau(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Delta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 097W 15 SE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON INSIDE OF MEANDER ON GUNNISON RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MOAB 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.22233, 38.74249
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Piceance Basin, Gunnison Uplift, Uncompahgre Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Uncompahgre Uplift

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delta Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 30-YD OPEN CUT ON UPPER TERRACE; 300-YD OPEN CUT AND BEDROCK DRIFT OF UNKNOWN EXTENT ON LOWER TERRACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARSHALL, C.H., 1959, PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA QUADRANGLE, MONTROSE AND DELTA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-282

  • Deposit

    PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART. V. 69, NO. 4, P. 205-206

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LOCATED ON TWO QUATERNARY TERRACE GRAVELS ON INSIDE OF SHARP RIVER MEANDER. LOWER TERRACE IS CUT INTO MORRISON FM (JURASSIC) SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AT 15 FT ABOVE STREM LEVEL AND CONTAINS 35 FT OF PEBBLY AND COBBLY GRAVEL. UPPER TERRACE IS 75 FT ABOVE STREAM LEVEL AND CONTAINS 8 TO 10 FT OF GRAVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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