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Horse Creek

Prospect in Sublette county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10230553
MAS/MILS ID 0560230110
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek

Comments on the site identification

  • Gold deposit (in Jurassic rock) shown on MS-14 (Harris and others, 1985) at this location.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -110.50967, 42.92465 (WGS84)
Elevation 2696
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Supposedly on Horse Creek between Ranges 114 W and 115W., about 5 miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Afton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton 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 Sublette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 034 N 114 W Wyoming
6th Principal 034 N 115 W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Erroneously listed as Lincoln County in Osterwald and others, WGS Bull. 50, p. 89. This creek and the township and range are in Sublette County.
  • Described as being on Horse Creek between Ranges 114 W and 115W. Sketech map on p. 77 of Bull. 315 shows 2 prospects, one on the north and one of the south side of the creek, just east of the confluence of North and South Forks where there are Jurassic rocks striking nearly perpendicularly to the main creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -110.50967, 42.92465
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • JURASSIC ROCKS OF SHALE,LIMESTONE,AND SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Harris and others, 1985, Metallic and industrial minerals map of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Map Series 14, scale 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    Schultz, A.R., 1907, Gold developments in central Uinta County, Wyo., and at other points on Snake River: USGS Bull. 315, p. 74-75, pl. 1, p. 77.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 89.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A few shallow pits dug in Jurassic rocks.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 02-MAR-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 7/30/10

Beyond USGS

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

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