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Russellville Gulch Placer

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087565
MRDS ID D007887
Record type Site
Current site name Russellville Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.69862, 39.34694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Relative position 8.7 MILES S87E OF CASTLE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russellville Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Castle Rock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle South Platte-Cherry Creek(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008S 065W 20 NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON RUSSELLVILLE GULCH 4.2 MILES SE OF FRANKTOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Denver Basin

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.69862, 39.34694
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Denver Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLE SOURCE OF GOLD IS CASTLE ROCK CONGLOMERATE (LOWER OLIGOCENE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1858
Discoverer Green Russell

Mining district

District name Castle Rock Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • SITE OF FIRST (DEBATABLE) GOLD DISCOVERY IN COLORADO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MACORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-857-F.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 45-57.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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