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Blue River Placers

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018308
MRDS ID DC05196
Record type Site
Current site name Blue River Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.0406, 39.52221 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(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 06S 77W 06,07,18,19,30,31 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE WERE APPROXIMATED USING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S GGWL (GEOGRAPHIC WELL LOCATOR) PROGRAM FOR THE FOOTAGE CALL: T06S R77W SECTION 18, 0010 FT S, 2640 FT E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Colorado Group
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Breckenridge

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD PLACERS WORKED ALONG THIS STREAM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, 1961, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES UNPUB. DSC THESIS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,65

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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