Mine detail: Elk Creek

Previously called 'Albany Development Co.Albany Placers'

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.21553, -106.25757
dep_id: 10038149
mrds_id: M045437
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Platinum, Palladium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream
ore_ctrl: Stream Hydraulics
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Gravel
Structure: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
tectonic: Rocky Mountains
References:
  • Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACH, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 10-11.
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN* PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 106.
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