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Bear Creek

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Palladium
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038150
MRDS ID M045438
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek
Alternate or previous names Albany Development Co., Albany Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.26063, 41.2133 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 30 MI SOUTHEAST OF SARATOGA; ABOUT 10 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL, Accurate Along Creek Drainage

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 079W 03,04,05,06 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT 0.2 MI FROM MOUTH OF BEAR CREEK. THIS CREEK DRAINS NEW RAMBLER MINE AREA AND IS LIKELY TO CONTAIN PGE. AREA NOW PARTLY COVERED BY ROB ROY RESERVOIR. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE AND JAGGED WITH SOME FLOUR GOLD. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT AND PD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.26063, 41.2133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Douglas Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BEAR AND ELK CREEK TOGETHER HAVE AN ESTIMATED 250,000 YD GOLD BEARING GRAVEL REMAINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACH, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 104-106.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAUSEL, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS W032115.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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