Big Goose Vein

Occurrence in Park county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096617
MRDS ID W032854
Record type Site
Current site name Big Goose Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.71745, 44.63325 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Geers Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clarks Fork Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoshone 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 Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SYLVANITE, NATIVE GOLD RARE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Sylvanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED 0.82 OZ AU, TRACE AG PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Wapiti
    Rock description Wapiti
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and Colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name The Sunlight Region

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shoshone

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE FILL VEIN IN A SHEAR ZONE AT CONTACT BETWEEN VOLCANIC BRECCIA AND A DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 Palm, Michael L. (Barari, Rachel A.) South Dakota Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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