Mine detail: Independence Placer

Previously called 'Middle Fork PlacersUpper Middle Fork Flats'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.27469, -106.18534

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Osmium
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	STREAM GRAVELS AND TERRACE DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDS	M045439
DEP	10038151
Reference	{Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 9,11.}{Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 127-135.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 38.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.