Horse Creek placer

Occurrence in Laramie 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references
  9. General comments
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400403
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek placer

Geographic coordinates

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.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Laramie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -104.10056, 41.49998

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50,, p. 89.

General comments

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).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUN-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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