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Dolores River Placers

Past Producer in Dolores 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231505
MRDS ID D010901
MAS/MILS ID 0080330205
Record type Site
Current site name Dolores River Placers
Alternate or previous names Unknown, Delores River Placers

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.06125, 37.63111 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Dolores

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.06125, 37.63111
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB NO. DC02440

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Gold placers are strung all along the Dolores River. See Parker references for details.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1997 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 14-JUL-2008 Wilson, Anna 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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