Red Mask Mine

Past Producer in Albany 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. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400519
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mask Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.30641, 41.34213 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 30 yards (meters) south of the Medicine Bow Peak observation point turnoff parking lot, in the small valley.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medicine Bow Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.30641, 41.34213

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer

Mining district

District name LaPlata Mining District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JAN-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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