Goshen Hole Placers

Occurrence in Goshen 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080780
MRDS ID W032139
Record type Site
Current site name Goshen Hole Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.16723, 41.62497 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 65 MILES NE OF CHEYENNE, WY AND 6 MILES W OF THE NE-WY BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goshen(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petsch Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chugwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Horse(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Goshen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019N 061W Wyoming

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
    Rock unit name Brule
    Rock description Brule
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.16723, 41.62497

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4047HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P.88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL CONTAINS EXTREMELY FINELY-DIVIDED GOLD. COVERED BY 3-12 FT OF BRULE AND ARIKAREE BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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