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Iron Hill Placer

Past Producer in Park 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038128
MRDS ID M045415
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Hill Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.89366, 39.31527 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Relative position 10 MI NORTHEAST OF FAIRPLAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Como(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008S 077W Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN PIKE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT CONFLUENCE OF DEADWOOD AND MONTGOMERY GULCHES SOUTHEAST OF IRON MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PGE REPORTEDLY FOUND IN ASSAYED AURIFEROUS GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.89366, 39.31527
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Como District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUNZ, G.F., 1917, PLATINUM: MINERAL INDUSTRY (NEW YORK AND LONDON), V. 26, P. 541

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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