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Lower Arkansas River Placers

Occurrence in Chaffee 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 10018167
MRDS ID DC04993
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Arkansas River Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.06616, 38.7375 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 8.1 MILES S26E OF MAIN INTERSECTION IN BUENA VISTA CJUNCTION OF US HWY 24 AND STATE HWY 306).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nathrop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 78W 13,24 W2 (13); E2 OF NW OF E2 OF NE OF SW OF SW OF NW OF SE OF S2 OF SE (24) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATIONS GIVEN FOR POINT WHERE ARKANSAS RIVER CROSSES SECTION LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 13 AND 24. ACTUAL PLACERS EXTEND BOTH DIRECTIONS ALONG RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

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 > Gravel
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Deposits Of Young Gravels
    Rock description Unconsolidated Deposits Of Young Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.06616, 38.7375
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Arkansas Valley Graben, Sawatch Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nathrop Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 84-88.

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR., MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1983 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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