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Youngfield Pit

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013257
MRDS ID D009452
Record type Site
Current site name Youngfield Pit
Related records 10191552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.13947, 39.77305 (WGS84)
Elevation 1655
Relative position 4.6 MILES N 81 E FROM GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003S 069W 20 E2 OF SW OF NW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SOUTH OF CLEAR CREEK AND ESEAST OF YOUNGFIELD ST. AND I-70

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLACER GOLD WAS RECOVERED AS BY-PRODUCT OF WASHING/SCREENING OF SAND AND GRAVEL FOR CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.13947, 39.77305
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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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of last production 1979

Mining district

District name Golden Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mobile Premix Sand And Gravel Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN HORN, RICHARD, 1972, SURFICIAL AND BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLDEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-761-A

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FRED KRICHBAUM, PERS. COMM., 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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