Pennsylvania Placer

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264387
MAS/MILS ID 0080930001
Record type Site
Current site name Pennsylvania Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.29231, 39.09309 (WGS84)
Elevation 3292

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.29231, 39.09309

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Joe Dodge
    ID 501401
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    OWNER-OP: FAIRPLAY MINING COMPANY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNER/OPERATOR:JOE DODGE, 1226 ELM STREET, CANON CITY, CO., (719) 275 8545 AN 8 TROY OZ GOLD NUGGET WAS PRODUCED FROM THIS PROPERTY IN 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.