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Utah's
Gold Placers
- Abajo Mountains - Along Johnson and Recapture Creeks.
- Oquirrh Mountains, Bingham Canyon - Was the largest gold placer
in Utah. The original topography has been altered by the open-pit
mining operations.
- Colorado River - From the mouth of the Dolores River south to
the Amasa Back bend west of Moab. Most placers were from the Dirty
Devil River south to the Utah-Arizona border and are now under
Lake Powell.
- Green River - From Flaming Gorge Reservoir down to Horseshoe
Bend.
- Henry Mountains - On the east flanks of Mt. Ellen in Crescent
Creek and Mt. Pennell along Straight Creek.
- House Range - In Amasa Valley and Miller Canyon.
- La Sal Mountains - In glacial deposits and streams of Miners
Basin, Wilson Mesa, Bald Mesa, and around North Mountain.
- San Juan River - From the mouth of Montezuma Creek west to Lake
Powell.
- Tushar Mountains - In Mill Creek on the north flank of Signal
Peak and near the mouth of Pine Gulch Creek in Bullion Canyon.
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