Spring Creek Placers

Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080764
MRDS ID W032118
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Creek Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.22145, 41.14441 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Albany(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 Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 079W 24, 25, 36 N2 (36) Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE AT CONFLUENCE OF SPRING AND MUDDY CREEKS (N2 OF SEC. 36)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.22145, 41.14441

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 5632.55M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Douglas Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Medicine Bow National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • YIELDED $1,000 AU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 24-25.

  • Production

    GSW BULL 50, P. 82: GSW RI 23, P. 24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENDS 3.5 MI ALONG SPRING CREEK AND AVERAGES 4 FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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