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Gorge Creek West, Placer

Past Producer in Daggett county in Utah, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087321
MRDS ID D006264
Record type Site
Current site name Gorge Creek West, Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.33433, 40.91189 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 1 MILE UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH OF GORGE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goslin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 023E 16,17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 17, NW 16. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD VALUES RANGE FROM A FEW CENTS TO A MAXIMUM OF $1.60 PER CUBIC YARD, AVG. 10-40?.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Uinta Mtn Group;Alluvium
    Rock description Uinta Mtn Group;Alluvium
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Length 243.84M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Natural Riffles In Gently Dipping Rocks In Precambrian Shale

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Green River Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 100 OUNCES.

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: W.R. HANSEN, P. 183

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH, COLORADO, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PP 490

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO., UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 66.

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOLMAP W.R. HANSEN, P.P. 490, P. 183-18

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL AND MINER. SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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