Placer deposits consist of some valuble mineral or gemstone that accumulates in stream segments, or beach deposits. This map shows point locations in Colorado that are favorable for locatable minerals that have relatively high unit value. If the licensee has modified the data in any way they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed on the hardcopy map. Licensee specifically agrees not to misrepresent these data sets, nor to imply that changes they made were approved by the Bureau of Land Management.
All lines intersect only where intended.
All the line data that depicts placer deposits on the source were captured. This layer covers the entire State of Colorado. Line work and Attributes derived from source map. BLM Personnel obtained hard copy map from DOI, Bureau of Mines and captured the data by digitizing from manuscript. MOSS map was exported to MOSS export format.