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Continental Placer

Occurrence in Pitkin 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018129
MRDS ID DC04921
Record type Site
Current site name Continental Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.9673, 39.06805 (WGS84)
Elevation 3170
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11.5 MILES S 45 W FROM ASPEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maroon Bells(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(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)

Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 11S 86W 26 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • APPARENTLY ALONG WEST MAROON CREEK OR UNNAMED TRIBUTARY SW OF PYRAMID PEAK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CONFLUENCE OF TWO STREAMS IN UNSURVEYED SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Talus
    Rock description Alluvium;Talus
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Colluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.9673, 39.06805
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Elk Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description White Rock Pluton, Elk Range Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Maroon Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MAROON BELLS QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-788

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOURCE OF AU UNKNOWN BUT COULD HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED FROM DISSEMINATED SULFIDES IN METAMORPHOSED MAROON FM CLASTICS OR FROM VEINS RELATED TO FAULTS, FRACTURES, AND GRANODIORITE DIKES ASSOCIATED WITH EMPLACEMENT OF WHITE ROCK AND SNOWMASS PLUTONS, IN SIMILAR FASHION AS COLUMBIA DISTRICT TO EAST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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