Overview
Located within the San Luis Valley the Raspberry Creek 004 placer claims lies South of the town of Salida and North of the town of Alamosa along an isolated drainage within the Sangre de Cristo mountain range.

 

This claim has a small flowing creek thats runs during the mining season carry gold, silver, lead, and copper down from the upstream vein systems associated with the Rio Grande rift.

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The best pay layer is found approximately 4 feet down from the surface.  The top surface material contains microscopic gold particles hosted in a highly disseminated and unconsolidated material layer.  The pay layer features consolidated alluvial cobble material and reaches down to the bedrock contact point.  The gold itself is fine gold outside of a few slightly larger flakes.

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Mineralization is associated with Sangre De Cristo fault zone and other extensional faults of the Rio Grande rift.  Mineralized veins have been found only within the crystalline basement rocks, not in the nearby paleozoic sedimentary rocks.  There is no historic record of production; likely due to the small nature of both lode in placer workings found commonly within the district.

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Source Geologic Structures 

Type Of Structure > Local

Structural Terms > High Angle Faulting Along Western Sangre De Cristo Range

Structure Description > Sangre De Cristo Fault

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Host Rock > Plutonic Rock > Granitoid

Stratigraphic Age > Proterozoic

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Host Rock > Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Stratigraphic Age > Proterozoic

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Felsic. and hornblende gneisses, either separate or interlayed

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Polymetallic Vein System with location silicification and iron oxide alteration 

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Commodities 

Gold > Primary

Silver > Primary

Lead > Primary

Copper > Secondary

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Small quartz veins in proterozoic granite and gneiss contain galena, chalcopyrite, gold, and silver.  The lode sources upstream have been prospected with several adits and prospect pits now caved in.

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Camping

Dispersed camping is allowed on BLM lands, it is unlikely a camper trailer will successfully make the final 1 mile approach onto the claim.  It is recommended to camp in the established dispersed camping spot about 1.25 miles from the claim where trailers will access without issue.

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Claim Map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access

4WD access is recommended as each year the road is continually becoming washed out about 1 mile below the claim on the final approach.  

 

From highway 285 there is a maze of county dirt roads to navigate onto the BLM ground where the claims are located, it is important to have an Onx-Offroad type mapping system and be proficient in its operation in order to avoid trespassing thru private roads designated for the area's private land owners.
 

Recommended Gold Recovery Methods

Gold Panning & Gravity River Sluicing

 

Any activities greater than recreational/casual usage will likely require a mining permit before beginning operations.
 

Land Ownership Status

BLM

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Satellite Claim Boundary Overlay

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What Is Included In The Purchase

1. Quit Claim Deed

2. Google Earth Map

3. Waterproof 24X36 hardcopy 1:24,000 Map

4. Corner & Discovery Point GPS Coordinates

5. Certificate of Location Copy

 

Prospecting Disclaimer

The Raspberry Creek 004 Unpatented Placer Claim CO# 106696791 is an Unpatented Federal Mining Claim.  Any form of mining or prospecting is barred without prior approval from Gunnison Gold Prospecting Company or the claim owner.  This website listing does not constitute or convey approval from Gunnison Gold Prospecting Company or the claim owner to mine or prospect the claim in any capacity.  Mineral theft is a Federal offense and is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law as listed in the 1872 Federal Mining Laws.

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Next Steps

• Contact Me

• Setup A Prospecting Day if you would like to test the claim before purchase (Optional)

• Buy Outright or Finance In House

Contact Information

 

Tyler Long

Lead Prospector

Gunnison Gold Prospecting Company

Direct Line:  970-901-9043

tyler@gunnisongoldprospecting.com