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Queen Mill Run

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038153
MRDS ID M045441
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Mill Run

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.17812, 41.28775 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Relative position 2 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Centennial(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(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 015N 078W 08 NE4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result TR PD, TR OS, TR? PT IN ORE MATERIAL

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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.17812, 41.28775
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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 Centennial Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE; SMALL PRODUCTION PRESUMED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 9, 11.

  • Deposit

    HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 100.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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