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Cooley Gravel Co. Pits

Past Producer in Adams county in Colorado, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087758
MRDS ID D009441
Record type Site
Current site name Cooley Gravel Co. Pits
Related records 10141875

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.02974, 39.80916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
Relative position 1.7 MILES N55E FROM ADAMS-DENVER-JEFFERSON CO. COMMON CORNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arvada(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003S 068W 08 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF CLEAR CREEK BETWEEN FEDERAL AND LOWELL BLVDS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Louviers Alluvium
    Rock description Louviers Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.02974, 39.80916
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Denver Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1951
Year of last production 1964

Mining district

District name Denver Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooley Gravel Co.
    First year 1964

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGE-OPERATED PITS

Comments on development

  • GOLD RECOVERY AMOUNTED TO 6 TO 7 CENTS PER TON (AT $35/OZ AU)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LENHART, W.B., 1953, DREDGING FOR GRAVEL AND GOLD-COOLEY GRAVEL CO.: ROCK PRODUCTS, V. 56, P. 94-98.

  • Deposit

    LINDVALL, R.M., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ARVADA QUADRANGLE, ADAMS, DENVER, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1453

  • Deposit

    PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 3, P. 63-126

  • Deposit

    JAMES B. COOLEY, PERS. COMM. 8/82

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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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