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Clarke's Camp and Union Pass placer prospects

Occurrence in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Thorium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080781
MRDS ID W032140
Record type Site
Current site name Clarke's Camp and Union Pass placer prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.8341, 43.56604 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Several Miles Along Warm Spring Creek And South Fork Of Warm Spring Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warm Spring Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

The Ramshorn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoshone 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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 041N;042N 108W 28: 29: 33 S2 (28); S2 (29); N2 (33) Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • THE SECTIONS LISTED ARE ALL IN T.42.N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Monazite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.3-2.33% THO2

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.8341, 43.56604
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wind River Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shoshone National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Little Jim Mining Co.
    First year 1957

Comments on development

  • GOLD IS FINELY DIVIDED AND DIFFICULT TO TAKE OUT. WORKED DURING THE EARLY 1900'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P.87-88, 222.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P.63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON WARM SPRING CREEK-1/4 TO 5/8 MILE WIDE AND 1 2/3 MILE LONG, HIGH TERRACES MORE THAN 100 FT ABOVE CREEK BOTTOM. SOUTH FORK-SEVERAL 100 FT WIDE AND MORE THAN 3 MILES LONG. THICKNESS OF BOTH UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 25-JUN-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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