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Happy Canyon Creek Gold Occurrence

Occurrence in Douglas county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10087566
MRDS ID D007891
Record type Site
Current site name Happy Canyon Creek Gold Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.86835, 39.51333 (WGS84)
Elevation 1847
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5.7 MILES S 85 W OF PARKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver East(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 06S 067W 22 NE OF SE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result AU-AG ANALYSIS FROM DESBOROUGH AND OTHERS (1970, LOCALITY 8, HAPPY CANYON CREEK)
Result EACH SET OF VALUES IS AU GRAIN SIZE (MM), WT % AG IN GRAIN CENTER, RANGE OF WT % AG IN GRAIN RIM: 0.280, 0.2, 0.1 TO 0.9
Result 0.177, LT 0.1, 0 TO 2.2
Result 0.185, LT 0.1, 0 TO 3.0

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) -104.86835, 39.51333
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Castle Rock Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DESBOROUGH, G.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, PLACER GOLD OF UNIQUE FINENESS IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 700-D, P. D134-D139.

  • Deposit

    MABERRY, J.O., AND LINDVALL, R.M., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARKER QUADRANGLE, ARAPAHOE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-770-A.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 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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