Colorado River Placers

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, PGE, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130123
MRDS ID DB01791
MAS/MILS ID 0490170194
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado River Placers
Related records 60000401

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.46352, 37.81169 (WGS84)
Elevation 1088
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hite South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034 S 013 E 34 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.46352, 37.81169

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT CB ET AL 1952 GEOL GEOG HENRY MTNS

  • Deposit

    REG UT USGS PP 228

  • Deposit

    DOELLING HH 1975 GEOL MIN RES GARFIELD C

  • Deposit

    O UT UGMS BULL 107

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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