| Deposit ID | 10400391 |
|---|---|
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Seminoe District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107, 42.18 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Seminoe Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Shirley Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pathfinder-Seminoe Reservoirs(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)
Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Asbestos | Tertiary |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| (1) | -107, 42.18 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, 31 p., 2 plates.
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 150-153.
Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 148-150.
Bishop, 1964, Retrogressive metamorphism in the Seminoe Mountains, Carbon County, Wyoming: Univ. of Wyoming M.S. thesis, 49 p., 2 plates.
EM&J, v. 62, Aug. 8, 1896, p. 135.
Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, 71 p., 1 pl.
Klein, 1980, The geology and geochemistry of the sulfide depoists of the Seminoe district, Carbon County, Wyoming: Colo. School of Mines PhD dissertation, p. 232 pl. 1 (approx. scale 1:13,333).
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 2010-06-15 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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