| Deposit ID | 10038161 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045452 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560010130 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Free Gold Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | Billy Waters |
| Included sites | Centennial Ridge District |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.174, 41.278 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2926 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 2 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL, On Centennial Ridge as shown on pl. 1 of McCallum, PR-7, pl. 1. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 015N | 078W | 08,09 | SE4 (08) OF SW4 (09) | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | VEIN SAMPLE: AU=2.7-87 PPM (CONVERTED FROM OZ/TON) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite |
| Ore Body (1) | Mafic intrusive rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone |
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N59E |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 0.76M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Centennial Ridge District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Overall length | 243.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M045452 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560010130 | =newMRDS 10157400, merged and deleted. |
MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 8, 10.
HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 129.
HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 34.
HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 95.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISSEMINATED IN 2 FT WIDE GRAY QUARTZ VEIN. LIMONITE BOXWORKS COMMON; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE. |
| Deposit | "The Free gold claim, originally known as the Billy Waters, is situated on top of Centennial Ridge. Narly 800 feet of surface workings have been developed along a two foot wide gray quartz vein that parallels schistosity of the surrounding hornblendic and chloritic schists of the Mafic Series. The quartz carries oxidized pyrite and free gold and reportedly at least 100 tons of ore was milled (Hess, 1926, p. 129)." (McCallum, 1968, p. 10) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1975-02-01 | Blair, Will N. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 1991-08-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2011-08-04 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | MAS 0560010130 = newMRDS 10157400, merged and deleted |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0560010130 = newMRDS 10157400 |
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