| Deposit ID | 10157229 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560010116 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Centennial Ridge District |
| Alternate or previous names | Centennial Ridge |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.16732, 41.28327 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2798 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Albany(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Centennial(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 015 N | 078 W | 9 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | Mafic intrusive rocks |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560010116 |
WGS BULL #50, APRIL 1966, p. 80.
Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide ot the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.
http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Topics/Metals/gold.aspx, accessed 6/9/2010.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "Small gold bodies have developed in quartz veins in hronblende schist and chlorite schist, and are probably genetically related to granite pegmatites (Bull. 50, p. 80). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 06-SEP-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | minor revisons based on http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Topics/Metals/gold.aspx. Rev. 3-Aug-2011, based on PR-7. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.