Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10087933 |
| MRDS ID |
D010944 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Rosemary Placer |
| Alternate or previous names |
Patented Claim: Rosemary Placer, Ms 15677
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Geographic coordinates
|
Geographic coordinates:
|
-108.05621, 38.02028 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
2286 |
| Relative position |
14.2 MILES N 67 W FROM TELLURIDE |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
Colorado |
San Miguel |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| New Mexico |
044N |
011W |
34 |
NE OF SE |
Colorado |
Comments on the location information
- MINE LIES ON HIGH TERRACE REMNANT ON NORTH SIDE OF SAN MIGUEL RIVER JUST ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH LEOPARD CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
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
> Sand and Gravel |
| Rock unit name |
Terrace Gravel |
| Rock description |
Terrace Gravel |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Holocene |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Holocene |
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Geologic structures
| Type |
Description |
Terms |
| Regional |
Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns |
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| Local |
Placerville Anticline |
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Controls for ore emplacement
- Gravel-Filled Bedrock Channels And Contacts Between Bedrock And Gravel
