Mine detail: Independence Placer

Previously called 'Middle Fork PlacersUpper Middle Fork Flats'

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.27469, -106.18534
dep_id: 10038151
mrds_id: M045439
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Osmium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: STREAM GRAVELS AND TERRACE 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., 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.
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