Unidentified Gold Occurrence

Occurrence in Crook county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080787
MRDS ID W032150
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Gold Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.45893, 44.48801 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES NORTH OF SUNDANCE, WY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sundance West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills 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 Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 052N 063W 17, 18, 19, 20 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Alkalic Volcanic Rock > Phonolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.45893, 44.48801

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Fissures

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bear Lodge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hill National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hutchins Consolidated Gold Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDTH OF INDIVIDUAL FISSURES IS LESS THAN 4 INCHES.

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.