You are bidding on the full purchase price on and None-Patented Placer Gold Mining Claim in Dolores County Colorado State. The claims location is on Scotch Creek in the Rico Mining District.
History of Rico Mining District
Mining in the Rico district has been actively carried on since 1879.The first record of production was 1882, Placers were discovered several years after major lode discoveries in pioneer (Rico) district according to Engineering and Mining Journal (1882), "sluicing has been begun at the placer diggings down the river, and although a very crude process was employed, the result indicates that it will be successful." father of Robert Snyder discovered Placers and worked them on small scale until activity attracted attention that led to brief period of extensive Placering. The production of the Rico district from 1879 to 1968 has been about 83,000 ounces’ gold, 14,500,000 ounces’ silver, 5,600 tons’ copper, 84,000 tons lead, and 83,000 tons’ zinc.
Scotch Creek is located just North of the historic town of Rico in which there is still lots of active mining. The town has motels, convenience stores, gasoline stations and restaurants available. The city of Dolores is about a 30-minute drive away with bigger hardware stores available. Previously up on the hills, there was hydraulic mining, which results in great potential with the tailings that have washed over during the last years on the Dolores river and Scotch Creek make it a great area for panning and mining.
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT
The Rico district is in the central part of a laccolithic dome comprising the Rico Mountains in the southeast corner of Dolores County. In the central part of the uplift, Precambrian quartzite and schist are exposed. These are flanked on all sides by sedimentary rocks of Cambrian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic ages. All the rocks are intruded by sheets and sills of hornblende monzonite porphyry and by a stock of quartz monzonite of Tertiary age. The central part of the dome is complexly faulted (Cross and Ransome, 1905, p. 2-11).
Much of the ore mined in the district has come from mineralized solution breccia in gypsum beds of the Hermosa Formation of Pennsylvanian age. These are known as blanket deposits. Other ore deposits are replacement bodies in Devonian and Pennsylvanian limestone beds and fissure veins. The age of the mineralization is thought to be late Tertiary (Cross and Ransome, 1905, p. 14-19).
COUNTY HISTORY:
Dolores County contains deposits of silver, lead, and zinc in the mountainous eastern part, which is a dissected laccolithic dome. The western part of the county is within the Colorado Plateaus. Dolores County has had a total gold production through 1959 of about 104,500 ounces; almost all production has been a byproduct of silver, lead, and zinc deposits of the Rico district. (western mining history)
This Scotch Creek is legendary in Plumas County for gold. The piled gravels thick and deep along its walls. The Scotch Creek headwaters drained granite intrusions surrounding rock.
This is an ideal claim for those who like to prospect in areas not too remote and nearby to amenities, such as good restaurants and accommodations. The town is nearby and has a modest nightlife, a movie theater, and a Safeway, as well as a series of motels and food.
Miners and prospectors will have a lifetime of opportunities before this claim is played out.
This spot is one of a kind and you will want to add this claim to your portfolio. It is beautiful, quiet, and safe.
Claim Status:ACTIVE
Claim Type:PLACER CLAIM
State:OR
County: Dolores
Meridian: New Mexico
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2. You will receive the BLM recorded "Quitclaim Deed" after the claim is paid in full and you will receive the Deed 4-6 weeks later.
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