Rip Van Winkle mine

Prospect in Carbon 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400286
Record type Site
Current site name Rip Van Winkle mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.14139, 41.49889 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 18N 78W 27 S2 of S2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.14139, 41.49889

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1994, Geology and MIneralization of the Cooper HIll Mining Dsitrict, Medicine Bow Mountains, southeastern Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 49, p. 18-19, pl. 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2008-10-17 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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