Wilson Placer

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016034
MRDS ID DC00248
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.77134, 39.26067 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milligan Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 09S 75W 80,09,17 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.77134, 39.26067

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PLACER WORKED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, 1961, GOLD PLACERS OF COLO.

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, 1947, MIN. RES. OF COLO.

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD,1950: USGS BULL. 955-D

  • Deposit

    CONSV.DIV.COMP.DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-72 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.