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Andre-Horse Creek Placer

Occurrence in Douglas 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013837
MRDS ID D010360
Record type Site
Current site name Andre-Horse Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.21308, 39.24167 (WGS84)
Elevation 1969
Relative position 0 TO 2 MILES FROM DECKERS UPSTREAM ALONG HORSE CREEK, Within, Within

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcreek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009S 070W 21,22,26,27,35,36 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PRESUMABLY ALONG HORSE CREEK ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT DECKERS. LAT-LONG AND ELEV GIVEN IS FOR POINT APPROX MIDWAY ON COURSE OF HORSE CREEK (SEC. 27). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.21308, 39.24167
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pine Gulch Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deckers Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM DATA AND CONSERVATION DIV. COMP. DATA (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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