Gros Ventre Nos. 1-16 Group

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10022642
MRDS ID	FS00029
Record type	Site
Current site name	Gros Ventre Nos. 1-16 Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-110.25911, 43.55159 (WGS84)
Elevation	2256
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	UPSTREAM FROM SLIDE LAKE, Est Imated, Location Of Placer Area Is Uncertain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Slide Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gros Ventre(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton 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	Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
6th Principal	041N;042N	112W;111W	01;30,36		Wyoming

Comments on the location information

LAT/LONG LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF COTTONWOOD CREEK, WEST OF CITED TOWNSHIP LOCATION. POSSIBLY THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACER CLAIMS ON GROS VENTRE RIVER, BUT THEY ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO BE INCLUDED IN WYOMING BULLETIN 68

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary
Platinum Critical	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1991); SOURCE PRESUMED TO BE UNPUB. FOREST SERVICE DATA

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	119
USGS model code	39a
Deposit model name	Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number	54

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-110.25911, 43.55159	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

General form	STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

SMALL AMOUNTS OF CR AND NI HAVE BEEN FOUND TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE GROS VENTRE WILDERNESS (SEE USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1300 AND REFERENCES CITED THEREIN)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name	Teton

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	FS00029

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NO INFORMATION IS GIVEN ABOUT THESE PLACERS
Deposit	NO REFERENCES WERE GIVEN IN ORIGINAL MRDS RECORD AND THERE IS NO INDICATION OF PLACERS IN THIS AREA IN THE LITERATURE. THERE MAY BE AN UNPUBLISHED USBM REPORT ON AREA WRITTTEN IN 1963, WHICH ADDRESSES PLACERS NEAR COTTONWOOD CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-76	Sierk, Betty M.	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.