| Deposit ID | 10254608 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W900345 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070343 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Coin Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | includes Emma G.; Clara B.; Minneapolis; King Soloman; Gold Coin; Gold Coin #s2-5, also includes Blue Jay; Donation; Annex; Silver Queen; Maryanna; S.G. 427; S.G. 420 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.1475, 41.28417 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2659 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | Shaft on topo. Claim staked south of the Bridger Mine on the Continental Divide., Within 10 Meters (for shaft on topo). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Divide Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Baggs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Snake(hydrologic unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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 | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 15N | 087W | 11 | E2 of SW | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Main Entrance (1) | -107.1475, 41.28417 |
|---|
| General form | 1 ft. wide calcite-quartz vein in N75E fissure, dipping steeply S. |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gold Coin Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Badger State Mining and Milling Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John A. Rhone |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Exxon Corp. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070343 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W900345 | added by Terry Klein in 2000. Not yet incorporated into newMRDS. |
Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, AML Inventory, [undated]: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished and undated inventory available at the USDA Forest Service office in Saratoga, WY.
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 47, 83, 62, 121, 125.
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 170.
Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 155.
Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 16-17.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1997-01-10 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2008-10-31 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | revised 16-oct-2012 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.