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Unnamed Arkansas River Placer Deposits

Occurrence in Chaffee 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091429
MRDS ID DC04691
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Arkansas River Placer Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.23533, 39.01611 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 1.9 MILES S43E OF GRANITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 12S 79W 08,09;17 NE (08); SE OF SE (08); W2 OF SW (09); NE (17) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SPECIFIC LOCATION INFORMATION GIVEN FOR JUNCTION OF ARKANSAS RIVER AND CLEAR CREEK, BELOW CLEAR CREEK RESERVOIR. PLACERS MINED FROM ABOUT THAT POINT TO A POINT ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH ALONG ARKANSAS RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated Deposits Of Young Glacial Drift
    Rock description Unconsolidated Deposits Of Young Glacial Drift

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.23533, 39.01611
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description North- And West-Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite Area, Clear Creek Reservoir Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 84-85

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, MOENCH, R.H., REED, J.C., JR., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999, 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1983 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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