| Deposit ID | 10081164 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032900 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560010131 |
| Record type | Site |
| Mineralized Area | Keystone area |
| Current site name | Gold Crater Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Crater Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.24924, 41.17497 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | Within 1/8 Mile |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Albany(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Albany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 014N | 079W | 15, 22 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE ORE TENOR 1 FT OF $20.00 ORE (1905 PRICES) |
|---|---|
| Result | 7 samples contained 0 to 0.03 opt Au, 0 to 0.55 opt Ag. |
| Result | 2 smaples yielded 0.04 to 0.2 percent Cu. Two other samples had 0.025 and 0.032 percent Cobalt. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -106.24924, 41.17497 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | On SE edge of Mammoth trend. |
| Structure description | Mammoth Shear Zone |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | Snowy Range Of The Medicine Bow Mountains |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1937 |
| District name | Douglas Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Medicine Bow National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032900 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560010131 | = newMRDS 10279142, merged and deleted. |
GSW RI 23, P. 27-2
Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.
Wilson, W.H., and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, 287 p.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-84 | Palm, Michael L. (Barari, Rachel A.) | South Dakota Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 13-FEB-97 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0560010131 = newMRDS 10279142 |
| Editor | 21-JAN-11 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | = newMRDS 10279142, merged and deleted. |
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