Big Horn Mine

Past Producer in Johnson county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080809
MRDS ID W032180
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Mine
Alternate or previous names Powder River Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.10318, 44.02966 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hazelton Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Worland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sheridan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Powder(hydrologic unit)

Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Johnson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 047N 085W 20 SE OF NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • THE SITE NAME 'BIG HORN MINE' IS FROM THE QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.10318, 44.02966

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 33.53M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN HORNBLENDE SCHIST CONTAIN AU AND MN. THE SCHIST C ONTAINS NUMEROUS SMALL QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references