| Deposit ID | 60001841 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032115 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560010109 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Douglas Creek Placer Mining District |
| Alternate or previous names | Albany Placers, Douglas Creek Placers, Douglas Consolidated Placers, Foley District, Home Placers, Spring Creek Placers |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.2611, 41.2083 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | CLAIMS BEGIN IN SEC. 16 AND RUN NORTH UP DOUGLAS CREEK FOR 5 MI. INCLUDES MOORE'S GULCH, ELK CREEK, BEAR CREEK, AND DAVES CREEK. BEAR CREEK DRAINS NEW RAMBLER MINE AREA AND, HENCE, IS PROBABLY MOST FAVORABLE FOR PGE. AREA IS NOW LARGELY FLOODED BY ROB ROY RESERVOIR AND LIES IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST, ACCURATE WITHIN DRAINAGE AREA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Albany(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Keystone(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 015N | 079W | Wyoming | ||
| 6th Principal | 014N | 079W | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -106.2611, 41.2083 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure name | FAULTING |
| Structure description | MULLEN CREEK-NASH FORK SHEAR ZONE |
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1868 |
| Discoverer | Iram Moore, 1868, in Moores Gulch. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560010109 | =newMRDS 10132248, merged and deleted. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032115 | from deleted record for Albany Placer 10132248. |
OSTERWALD, F.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 79-80.
HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 23-24.
HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 106.
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.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | Record for Albany Placer MAS 0560010109 = newMRDS 10132248 |
| Reporter | 2011-01-21 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | Merged and deleted duplicate record for Albany Placer newMRDS 10132248 = MAS 0560010109. |
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