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Unnamed Gold Occurrence

Occurrence in Washington 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087568
MRDS ID D007895
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.30858, 40.24916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1442
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES N 42 W FROM AKRON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fremont Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Morgan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sterling(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle South Platte-Sterling(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003N 053W 09 N2 OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR FREMONT BUTTE. ACTUAL AU OCCURRENCE COULD BE AT OR WITHIN 3-MILE RADIUS OF FREMONT BUTTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PEPORTEDLY A TRACE UP TO $27/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name White River Group (Chadron Formation);Ogallala Formation
    Rock description White River Group (Chadron Formation);Ogallala Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.30858, 40.24916
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Denver Basin, Cheyenne Basin

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Base Of Cemented Gravel Overlying Sandstone

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNCERTAIN FROM LAKES' DESCRIPTION AS TO EXACT STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION, BUT GOLD PROBABLY OCCURRED IN OGALLALA GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Akron Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • LAKES MENTIONED THAT AREA RESIDENTS HAD TAKEN FOR ASSAY MATERIAL FROM COAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., 1978, MAP SHOWING GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND OIL AND GAS FIELDS IN THE STERLING 1X2 QUADRANGLE, COLORADO, NEBRASKA, AND KANSAS: USGS MAP 1-1092.

  • Deposit

    LAKES, ARTHUR, 1896, PLACER GOLD FOUND IN A PRIMEVAL LAKE BED: COLLIERY ENGINEER, V. 16, P. 208-209.

  • Deposit

    MCGOVERN, H.E., 1964, GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1777.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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