Mine detail: Free Gold Claim

Previously called 'Billy Waters'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.27997, -106.17284

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Copper
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Schist,Amphibolite
Structure:Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
Tectonic:Rocky Mountains
Alteration processes:Amphibolite Is Decomposed

References

MRDSM045452
DEP10038161
Reference{Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 8, 10.}{Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 129.}{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. 95.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.