| Deposit ID | 10038147 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045435 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Moore's Gulch |
| Alternate or previous names | Albany Development Co., Albany Placers |
| Related records | 10205544 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.2598, 41.19914 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2853 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 30 MI SOUTHEAST OF SARATOGA; ABOUT 10.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Albany(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 014N | 079W | 10,11 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE RAN ABOUT 0.05 OZ/YD |
|---|
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -106.2598, 41.19914 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone |
| General form | STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1868 |
| District name | Douglas Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Medicine Bow National Forest |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1906 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 39822000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M045435 |
MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACK, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 10.
BEELER, H.C., 1906, MINERALS OF ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: LARAMINE REPUBLICAN CO., PRINTERS, P. 29.
OSTERWALD, R.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 79-80.
HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 105-106.
HAUSEL
BEELER, HAUSEL
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: MRDS W032115. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-75 | Blair, Will N. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-82 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-91 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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