St. Lawrence Creek Deposit

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080789
MRDS ID W032152
Record type Site
Current site name St. Lawrence Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.12574, 43.0416 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Several Miles Along St. Lawrence Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Lawrence Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gannett Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Wind River 001N 003W;004W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WISE FLAT (1952) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.12574, 43.0416

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS REPORTED IN IRREGULAR QUARTZ LENSES AND STRINGERS.

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.