Boden Placer

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Diamond
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400525
Record type Site
Current site name Boden Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.4545, 41.41816 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Upstream from Cortez Creek placers. No mention of how far upstream.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turpin Reservoir(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 Carbon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 122
USGS model code 39d
Deposit model name Diamond placer

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -106.4545, 41.41816

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1977
Discoverer Paul Boden

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 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 2011-01-20 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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