| Deposit ID | 10400403 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Horse Creek placer |
| Point of reference | Approximate |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.10056, 41.49998 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | 8 mi west of the Wyo-Neb boundary and 45 mi north of the Colo-Wyo boundary. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Laramie(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Albin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Horse(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Laramie |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Approximate (1) | -104.10056, 41.49998 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50,, p. 89.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "Traces of gold were reported in Tertiary stream gravels, but Keating thought the 'proposition' was good only for growing sugar beets." (Bull. 50, p. 89). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-JUN-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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