Mine detail: Fall Creek Placer

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Location

Lat / long:

41.28525, -106.1934

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Platinum, Osmium, Rhodium
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

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

MRDS	M045440
DEP	10038152
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:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN * PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 95.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.