East Fork, Big Goose Creek Mine

Past Producer in Sheridan county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106253
MRDS ID W032186
Record type Site
Current site name East Fork, Big Goose Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.21291, 44.57188 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sheridan(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burgess Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sheridan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tongue(hydrologic unit)

Tongue(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bighorn 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 Sheridan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 053N 086W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF EAST GOOSE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.21291, 44.57188

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 106.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Big Horn National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 90

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A QUARTZ VEIN CONNECTED WITH DIABASE DIKES IN GRANITE CONTAINS A LITTLE FREE GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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