Golden Crown Mining Syndicate

Occurrence in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080785
MRDS ID W032147
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Crown Mining Syndicate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.16118, 41.28691 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL, Est Imated Within N/2 Sec. 9

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Centennial(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015N 078W 09 N2 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SLOPE OF CENTENNIAL RIDGE. SEVERAL CLAIMS. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF 6 ORE SAMPLES YIELDED TR-19.2 PPM AU AND 13.7-28.8 PPM PT IN 3 SAMPLES (CONVERTED FROM OZ/TON)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Mullen Creek Complex
    Rock description Mullen Creek Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.16118, 41.28691

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike E-W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dikes, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Centennial Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Medicine Bow National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OSTERWALD, R.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. 81.

  • Deposit

    HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 95, 97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED PARTS OF QUARTZ VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIKES. GOLD IS FOUND IN HONEYCOMBED QUARTZ.; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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