Big Nugget placer claim

Occurrence in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080774
MRDS ID W032131
Record type Site
Current site name Big Nugget placer claim
Alternate or previous names Big Nugget Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.56877, 42.43911 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Several Miles Along Strawberry Creek And Big Nugget Ditch, 3000, 3000, 3000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radium Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N;028N 098W 31: 32: 33: 06 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 56
USGS model code 17a
Deposit model name Placer Au

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.56877, 42.43911

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlantic City-South Pass District: Sweetwater District
District name Lewiston District

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE "GOOD-SIZED" NUGGETS RECOVERED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1989, WGS Bull. 68, 248 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 18-JUN-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 0560131010 (newMRDS 10302962)
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines for deleted record 0560131010

Beyond USGS

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