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Producer in Adams county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017875
MRDS ID DC04444
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.94835, 39.81999 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG CLEAR CR., 2-3 MI. UP AND DOWN STREAM FROM WHERE FEDERAL BLVD. CROSSES CLEAR CR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Commerce City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle South Platte-Cherry Creek(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 03S 68W 01 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.94835, 39.81999
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SANDS AND GRAVELS OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING BENCHES OF CLEAR CREEK AND ITS FLOOD PLAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD RECOVERED BY SLUICING IN CONJUNCTION WITH SCREENING AND WASHING OF SANDS AND GRAVELS FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. OF U.S., 1922-1931

  • Deposit

    USGS ARVADA COLO AND DERBY, COLO TOPO MAPS 7 1/2 MIN, 1957

  • Deposit

    PARKER, 1961, GOLD PLACERS OF COLO., COLO. SCH. OF MINES UNPUB. DISSERTATION

  • Deposit

    3A) MIN. RES. OF COLO., 1960, P.60-62

  • Deposit

    3B) REPTS. OF COLO. BUREAU OF MINES, 1923-24, 1928-30, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941-43, 1947, 1949, 1961

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 4,63

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

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

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