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Buena Vista

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038074
MRDS ID M045348
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.13254, 38.85667 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position ON ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR BUENA VISTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014S 078W Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUNT OF HOP GULCH AT THE ARKANSAS RIVER ABOUT 1 MI NORTH OF BUENA VISTA. EXACT LOCATION IS NOT KNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result $41.13/TON AU, $12.90/TON PT - CALCULATES TO 0.012 OZ/TON (410 PPB) AU AND 0.0009 OZ/TON (100 PPB) PT AT CONCENTRATION OF 27 LB/YD.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.13254, 38.85667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IN SAND BARS MAY BE PARTLY FROM MILLING OPERATIONS AT LEADVILLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PGM PROD NOT VERIFIED

Comments on development

  • SMALL INTERMITTENT PLACER OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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