Willow Creek Deposit

Occurrence in Hot Springs county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080758
MRDS ID W032112
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.54239, 43.51022 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hot Springs(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kates Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Hot Springs

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Wind River 006N 003E Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION: NW CORNER OF THE TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.54239, 43.51022

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Owl Creek Mountains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P.87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH DIORITE DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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