Ground Hog Group

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080776
MRDS ID W032134
Record type Site
Current site name Ground Hog Group
Related records 10181572

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75655, 42.49494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2481
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Pass City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029W 100W 11 SW OF SW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MILE NORTH OF THE DUNCAN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $5.00 TO $8.00 AU PER TON (0.26-0.42 OZ PER TON)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.75655, 42.49494

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlantic City-South Pass District: Sweetwater District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 13.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE 20-100 FT DIKE CONTAINS SEVERAL SMALL QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references