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Farncomb Hill Placers

Occurrence in Summit 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091495
MRDS ID DC05207
Record type Site
Current site name Farncomb Hill Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.96921, 39.48416 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boreas Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 06S 77W 35 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.96921, 39.48416
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Breckenridge

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD PLACERS WORKED ON SIDE OF THIS HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, 1961: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES UNPUB. DSC. THESIS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,65

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 75, p. 104

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files 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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