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Unnamed Placers

Past Producer in Delta 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097848
MRDS ID D009339
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.68759, 38.81388 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 1 TO 3 MILES NE OF HOTCHKISS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Delta(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hotchkiss(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Delta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014S 092W 16,20,21,29,30 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSPECIFIED LOCATIONS IN SW PART OF TOWNSHIP EAST AND NE OF HOTCHKISS. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 20, 21, AND 29 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

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) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Alluvial Deposits Derived Largely From Areas East And South Of North Fork Of Gunnison River
    Rock description Alluvium;Alluvial Deposits Derived Largely From Areas East And South Of North Fork Of Gunnison River

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.68759, 38.81388
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Piceance Basin, Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gunnison Uplift, West Elk Centers

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874

Mining district

District name Hotchkiss Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 205-206

  • Deposit

    HAIL, W.J., JR., 1972, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOTCHKISS AREA, DELTA AND MONTROSE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-698

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACERS REPORTEDLY WORKED ON NORTH SIDE OF GUNNISON RIVER MOST LIKELY IN HOLOCENE FLOOD-PLAIN ALLUVIUM, BUT MAY ALSO HAVE INCLUDED PLEISTOCENE TERRACE GRAVEL ON HANSON MESA IN SECS. 20, 29, AND 30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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