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Riverton Mining Company Prospect

Occurrence in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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  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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080786
MRDS ID W032149
Record type Site
Current site name Riverton Mining Company Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.02377, 43.42438 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 18 MILES NORTH OF SHOSHONE,WY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birdseye Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Badwater(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(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 040N 093W 20, 21 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE HEAD OF THE EAST BRANCH OF TOUGH CREEK; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1951 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE SAMPLES OF QUARTZ AND SCHIST CARRY $0.80 PER TON OR LESS OF AU AND $0.80 PER TON OR LESS OF AG, WITH A LITTLE CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.02377, 43.42438
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 45 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Riverton Mining Co.

Comments on development

  • BEELER (1909) DID NOT CONSIDER THIS PROSPECT FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P.85

Reporter information

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

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

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