Sand Creek

Occurrence in Crook county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Tin
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230718
MAS/MILS ID 560110240
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.065, 44.3642 (WGS84)
Elevation 1782
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Coordinates are for near center of Sec. 33 along Sand Creek.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills 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 Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 051 N 060 W 33 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Milton I. Leydig, and 2 partners held 160 acres of placer ground along Sand Creek in T51N, R60W; T51N, R61W; and T52N, R61W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.065, 44.3642

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Milton I. Leydig (with partners Dr. W.J. Doyle, Superior, MT, and R.F. Wellcome, Port Angeles, WA)
    Home office 1803 Jerome, Helena, MT
    Year 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General (SEE BEAR GULCH PLACER)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-01-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references