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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Teton county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081137
MRDS ID W032865
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.64361, 43.32028 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position In The Township, In The Township, In The Township

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Davis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Greys-Hoback(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Gros Ventre Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 039N 116W Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Record listed Mercury (Hg) as a secondary mineral in the county, but not necessarily at this site. A.B. Wilson changed Hg to Tertiary at this site--it could perhaps be removed entirely. There is no suggestion that there is any commodity here but gold. Above the single sentence description of the placer is a mention of mercury: "gold and mercury occur in the Pinyon conglomerate (Paeocne), conglomerates and finer-grained rocks of the Harebell formation (late Cretaceous), and in alluvial deposits derived from these formations. Preliminary sampling tests indicate that the gold content ranges from less than 20 ppb (parts per billion) to 660 ppb ($1.08/yd3) and the mercury content from less than 10 ppb to 120 ppb. (Bull. 50, p. 91)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Mercury Ore

Analytical data

Result PRELIMINARY TESTS INDICATE THAT THE GOLD CONTENT RANGES FROM LESS THAN 20 PPB TO 660 PPB ($1.08/YD) AND THE MERCURY CONTENT FROM LESS THAN 10 PPB TO 120 PPB.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.64361, 43.32028
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Teton

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, GSW BULL 50, P. 91

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "A SMALL AMOUNT OF PLACER GOLD IS FOUND IN THE GRAVELS OF THE HOBACK RIVER NEAR ITS CONFLUENCE WITH THE SNAKE" RIVER. (Bull. 50, p. 91)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-05-01 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 2012-09-14 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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