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The American Placer

Producer in Summit 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017450
MRDS ID DC03562
Record type Site
Current site name The American Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.18672, 39.39888 (WGS84)
Relative position ON N. SIDE OF MCNULTY GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 07S 79W 35,34 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NOW UNDER ROBINSON TAILINGS POND (4/91). LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE WERE APPROXIMATED USING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S GGWL (GEOGRAPHIC WELL LOCATOR) PROGRAM FOR THE FOOTAGE CALL: T07S R79W SECTION 35, 2640 FT N, 2640 FT E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.18672, 39.39888
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: JACQUE MTN. LS. (NW, 40-45 NE) MINERALIZATION, CONSISTS ONLY OF LIMONITE COATING ON JT. FRAC. AND CALC. VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1936

Mining district

District name Consolidated Ten Mile

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM PAT. 1904

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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