Mine detail: Platinum City Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.27553, -106.15895

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Platinum
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED IN VEINS AND PODS

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

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

References

MRDS	M045448
MAS	560010193
DEP	10038158
Reference	{Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 10.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 34.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN * PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 99-100.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B.