Mine detail: Platinum City Mine

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.27553, -106.15895
dep_id: 10038158
mrds_id: M045448
mas_id: 560010193
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED IN VEINS AND PODS
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching, Transport, And Deposition Of Ore
ore_ctrl: Fracturing
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_type: Mylonite
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. 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.
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