| Deposit ID | 60000056 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001381 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Lewiston District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.48401, 42.43324 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fremont(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lewiston Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sweetwater(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 | Fremont |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| (1) | Upper Miocene Rocks |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Significant | Yes |
| District name | LEWISTON DISTRICT |
|---|
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
OSTERWALD, F.W., AND OSTERWALD, D.B., 1952, WYO. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 45.
http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Topics/Metals/gold.aspx, accessed 6/9/2010.
Hausel, 1991, Economic geology of the South Pass granite-greenstone belt, southern Wind River Range, western Wyoming: WGS RI-44, 129 p.
Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: WGS Bull. 68, 248 p.
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming, Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, 287 p.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | 18-JUN-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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