Mine detail: Moor* Gulch

Previously called 'Albany Development Co.Albany Placers'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.19914, -106.2598

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Palladium, Platinum
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Structure:Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
Tectonic:Rocky Mountains

References

MRDSM045435
DEP10038147
Reference{Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACK, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 10.}{Deposit:: BEELER, H.C., 1906, MINERALS OF ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: LARAMINE REPUBLICAN CO., PRINTERS, P. 29.}{Deposit:: OSTERWALD, R.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 79-80.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN* PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 105-106.}{Reserve-Resource:: BEELER, HAUSEL}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.