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Giant Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Tellurium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097793
MRDS ID D006750
Record type Site
Current site name Giant Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.28584, 37.57974 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 1.7 MILES N 2 E FROM RUSSELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costilla(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Costilla

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028S 071W 25 SE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALTHOUGH DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS IN UNSURVEYED PRIVATE LAND GRANT, SECTIONS REPORTED ARE BASED ON PATTON AND OTHERS' (1910) MAP RATHER THAN PROJECTIONS FROM ADJACENT QUADS. LAT-LONG AND ELEVATIONS DETERMINED FROM TOPO QUAD. SITE OR CLAIM LIES ALONG GIANT GULCH. SMALL TRIBUTARY TO PLACER CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE AND COARSE GOLD, MOSTLY ROUNDED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calaverite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AVE $0.70/YD

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 56
USGS model code 17a
Deposit model name Placer Au

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.28584, 37.57974
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Valley-Fill And Terrace Gravels Along Major Streams

Comments on the geologic information

  • AU DERIVED FROM LOW-GRADE ORES ON GRAYBACK MTN. FOUND ONLY ALONG PLACER CR. AND TRIBUTARIES HEADING ON OR NEAR GRAYBACK MTN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1909

Mining district

District name Grayback (Russell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Spanish Basin Placer Co.
    First year 1910
  • Type Owner
    Owner Trinchera (Estate)
    First year 1910

Comments on the workings information

  • SITE OPERATED AS GROUND SLUICE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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