Hoback placer occurrence

Occurrence in Teton 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080824
MRDS ID W032198
Record type Site
Current site name Hoback placer occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72523, 43.31936 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON, WY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Davis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Greys-Hoback(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton 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 Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
039N 116W 26 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE CONFLUANCE OF HOBACK AND SNAKE RIVERS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.72523, 43.31936

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Teton National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ST. JOHN, ORESTES, 1883, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE WIND RIVER DI STRICT: US GEOL. AND GEOG. SURVEY OF TERRITORIES, 12TH ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 91.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN GRAVELS OF HOBACK RIVER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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