Atlantic City District

Past Producer in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008890
MRDS ID D001379
Record type District
Current site name Atlantic City District
Alternate or previous names Atlantic City Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.71739, 42.53327 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR ATLANTIC CITY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Delight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoshone National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028N 099W 35 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.71739, 42.53327

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMERLY WORKED FOR GOLD. NO COMMERCIAL SCHEELITE DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 06-SEP-2010 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey minor revisions based on http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Topics/Metals/gold.aspx (accessed 6/9/2010)

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.