The stuff you gold pan for to start off, there are two types of gold deposits. The gravel and bench deposits along clear creek, just north of denver contains placer gold. A smallscale miner has the opportunity to exploit small, rich accumulations of gold which largersized mining companies might pass by, due to reservesize and overall ore. Usmining provides information on mines, operators, and minerals mined in alma, co. The author has been a recreational prospector since 1960. Plate 1 gold districts and placers, and plate 2 late cenozoic, middle tertiary, and laramide igneous rocks and tectonic elements.
Faint smudging to the covers, and creasing to the front cover of book 1. The geology of the gold placers of colorado book, 1961. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Both books of the set very slight cornerthumbing and shelfwear. To recover gold from lodes, miners have to blast, mill, or treat the rock with chemicals to recover the gold inside. On 26 april 1860, abe lee made a rich discovery of placer gold on california gulch six miles east of the arkansas river, and oro city was founded at the new diggings. Further finds in 1859 prompted the pikes peak gold rush which eventually yielded 1. You can do it with the information contained in this book. Gold mining in colorado, a state of the united states, has been an industry since 1858, and played a key role in the establishment of the state of colorado. For those readers with my book learn more about the book or buy it here, accessible bench placers are at sites c06, g03 and h01p. This great book on colorado gold placers breaks down gold bearing areas into counties and districts to make it much easier to locate gold areas in colorado. Gold panning and placering in coloradohow and where. Singewald prepared in cooperation with the state of colorado, the colorado metal mining fund the colorado mining association and the colorado geological survey board contributions to economic geology, 1947 pages 103172 united states. Gold placers of colorado book 1 it says in march 1, 1874, the denver rocky mountain news stated that william mcknight.
You can walk right to the location and be mining without the wasting your valuable time and gas driving around looking. Placer gold deposits of arizona book includes map rob. If you have the determination and a little knowledge, the arizona desert sands conceal secret gold placers, just waiting to be discovered by you. Gold placers gold placers within the state are neither numerous nor of great importance. Gold placers park county colorado mining geology book ebay.
Published by the state of colorado 1992 this book has history and maps to all of the areas that produced placers along with some old photos of some of the workings. This book is much better then the original gold placers of colorado, books 1 and 2, colorado school of mines, by dr. The geology of the gold placers of colorado, part 2 ben h. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to. Colorado placers and placering book gold mining gold prospecting free ship. However the initial discovery, where california gulch empties into the arkansas river, was not rich enough to cause excitement. During the 1980s, the annual percentage was around 2 % or 3%.
The book also includes a map showing the major placers, production and relates back to the book for more detailed info on each district placer production, directions, size of gold ect. There are still many virgin areas in the county that have never been touched. Owing patly to this fact and partly to a public interest in gold, the. A complete bibliography, given at the end of the paper, includes separate sections for all literature references and all geologic map references. Gold in placer deposits usgs publications repository. Rs28 gold occurrences of colorado colorado geological survey. A collection of 5 large maps covering the entire state of colorado. If you are looking for the placer gold deposits in nevada, this guidebook and map will make your hunt a whole lot easier. Whichever gold recovery method is used, its worth remembering that a lot of virgin paydirt is out there waiting on hillsides across gold country in colorado. Gold placers park county colorado mining geology book. Gold placers of colorado 1974 edition open library.
A guide to the states best sites for gold romaine, garret on. Arizona gold placers and placering back in print mining. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Parker 1974 gleaned the following information from an 1895 book on the history of colorado written by frank hall. Gold placers and placering fourth edition which w3s written in 1933 and republished in 19. Gold panning and placering in colorado how and where information series number 33.
The book also states that as far as boulder county is concerned. Gold was discovered in placers at empire, georgetown, idaho springs, breckinridge, blackhawk. He returned to empire and told john hahn of his discovery. Get the best deals on gold mining book when you shop the largest online selection at. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Wright creek placers 34 colorado river placers 34 gold basin placers 35 igng tut placers 37 yavapai county. Alma, co gold mines, mine companies, mine owners and mine information. Placer gold deposits represent the most attractive targets for smallscale miners and prospectors, since activities can be carried out with reasonably small costs, and encouraging prospecting results can be obtained rapidly.
The process for the creation of placer gold begins when a lode deposit. Park county was one of the richest placer gold areas in colorado. Placer gold in southwestern colorado new mexico geological. All bars, and benches along clear creek, which is a tributary of the south platte river, had extensive placer operations which produced. The sources of the gold of the placer deposits are clear. As octahedra, dodecahedra, and cubes, typically crude or rounded, to about 5 cm. Typically, lode deposits are the traditional veins of ore that are embedded in rocks and minerals. The book covers all the counties in arizona and breaks down all the major placer locations. The book includes great, detailed information along with maps of some counties. Overall, american gold production increased during the period from about 2. Along the glen canyon part of the colorado river from the. Every spare second he got while stationed at elmendorf afb in alaska he was off prospecting. Fifty books and maps that will show you where gold has been found in the past.
The geology of the gold placers of colorado, part 3. Year gold creek level denver dolores river downstream drift mines durango engineering and mining flume ft thick geology glacier gold placers grade gravels gravels beneath. About the area seventeen miles below topock, one of the reports of the arizona department of mineral resources gave the following information. These books have set the national standard for geologic guidebooks and are an essential. Gold placers of colorado, quarterly of the colorado school of mines, book 1 volume 69, number 3 and book 2 volume 69, number 4 by dr. If you go west 9 miles and 6 mile east of the colorado river, along west side of the dome mountains, extensive placers and several lode mines with a total production between 18621934, of about 100,000 gold ounces from dry wash placers and 4,000 ounces of lode gold from area veins. Gold placers and their geologic environment in northwest park county, colorado. The origin of many gold placers is traceable directly to auriferous veins, lodes, or replacement deposits which, in most. The history of the leadville district began in april 1860, with one of the richest discoveries of colorado placer gold at california gulch, the site of oro city. Gold placers of colorado mining geology book mining books. Colorado geological survey dept of natural resources 1992.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The geology of the gold placers of colorado unknown binding january 1, 1961 by ben h parker author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. So wrote anson smith about the gold along the colorado river in 1900. He was born in oklahoma and most of his education in golden, colorado where he eventually attended the colorado school of mines. Gold panning and placering in colorado how and where information series number 33 parker, ben h. Colorado placers and placering book robs detectors. Publication covers placers and where they derived from in park county colorado, a rich placer area once mined by river dredges. Gold placers, or deposits such as gravel and sand which contain notable concentrations of gold, all result from the slow milling and concentration processes incident to natural erosion of preexisting goldbearing rocks. Prospecting bench gold placers finding gold in colorado. The proctors nickname for this superb gold thumbnail from venezuelas zapata claims was the little bird and you can easily see why there were captivated by the artistic form and aesthetics of this very fine piece. Gold was discovered in 1858 in the south platte river. In 1984, the bureau of mines said 2 % of this annual yield was placer gold.
Oro city, now a ghost town, was an early colorado gold placer mining town located near. A catalog of location, geology, usgs maps and gps coordinates documenting 495 gold placer deposits in 37 counties of colorado. Customs services and international tracking provided. Gold panning and placering in colorado how and where. Gold panning placering colorado mining geology book ebay. The only ones that have contributed largely to the gold output are those of the bingham district, though others have been work1. For 1932 to 1950, the output of placer gold in the state was more than d. Gold placers and their geologic environment in northwestern park county, colorado was originally published in 1950 as usgs bulletin 955d.
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