Hoodoo Claim

Occurrence in Park county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081128
MRDS ID W032852
Record type Site
Current site name Hoodoo Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.78411, 44.63325 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stinkingwater Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Shoshone(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 Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED 0.02 OZ AU, 1.98 OZ AG PER TON: 9.4% PB, TRACE CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Wapiti
    Rock description Wapiti
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.78411, 44.63325

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name The Sunlight Region

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shoshone

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 52

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Palm, Michael L (Barari, Rachel A) South Dakota Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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