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Mexican Diggings

Past Producer in Denver 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. 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 10012342
MRDS ID D007918
Record type Site
Current site name Mexican Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.99807, 39.70832 (WGS84)
Elevation 1593
Relative position 2.3 MILES S 14 W FROM CENTER OF DENVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denver(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Englewood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Denver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004S 068W 15,16,21,22 NE OF NE (16) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT W. VIRGINIA AVE. SCATTERED DIGGINGS REPORTEDLY EXTENDED FROM ALAMEDA AVE. SOUTH TO JEWELL AVE. AND OVERLAND PARK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR SITE IN SEC. 16. DEPOSIT EXTENDS ONTO FORT LOGAN QUAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 Post-Piney Creek Alluvium;Louviers Alluvium
    Rock description Post-Piney Creek Alluvium;Louviers Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.99807, 39.70832
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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 Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1858

Mining district

District name Denver Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTENTLY PROSPECTED AND WORKED, BUT LITTLE GOLD RECOVERED

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

    HENDERSON, C.W., 1926, MINING IN COLORADO, A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION: USGS P-138, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    SHROBA, R.R., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SURFICIAL AND BEDROCK UNITS OF THE ENGLEWOOD QUADRANGLE, DENVER, ARAPAHOE, AND ADAMS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1524.

  • Deposit

    LINDVALL, R.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FORT LOGAN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON, DENVER, AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1427.

Reporter information

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

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