Little Annie Placers

Past Producer in Rio Grande county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014039
MRDS ID D010655
Record type Site
Current site name Little Annie Placers
Alternate or previous names Peterson and Brandt Placers, Claims: Peterson Placer, MS 74, Brandt Placer, MS 75

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.60282, 37.43141 (WGS84)
Elevation 3461
Relative position 0.4 TO 0.55 MILES N 80 W FROM SUMMITVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Grande(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summitville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 037N;037N 004E;003E 30;25 NW OF NW (30); NE OF NE (25) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG WIGHTMAN FORK ON WEST SIDE OF SUMMITVILLE AT NORTH BASE OF SOUTH MTN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON SECTION CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Quartz Latite Of South Mountain
    Rock description Quartz Latite Of South Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Colluvium
    Rock description Alluvium;Colluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.60282, 37.43141

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Summitville Fault, South Mountain Dome

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer James L. Wightman, E. Baker, J. Cary French, Sylvester Reese, William Boran
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Summit (Summitville) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • NAMES ABOVE WERE DISCOVERERS OF AU IN DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU IN ALLUVIUM AND COLLUVIUM ALONG WIGHTMAN FORK DERIVED FROM MINERALIZED QUARTZ LATITE IN SOUTH MTN DOME. NO PLACERS OR SIGNIFICANT VALLEY-FILL DEPOSITS IN NARROW CANYON BELOW CROPSY CREEK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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