| Deposit ID | 10080785 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032147 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Crown Mining Syndicate |
| 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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 015N | 078W | 09 | N2 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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 or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -106.16118, 41.28691 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone |
| General form | VEINS |
|---|---|
| Strike | E-W |
| Dip | 90 |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Centennial Ridge District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Medicine Bow National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032147 |
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.
HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 95, 97.
| 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. |
| 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 |
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