Mine detail: Free Gold Claim

Previously called 'Billy Waters'

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.27997, -106.17284
dep_id: 10038161
mrds_id: M045452
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Trace mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Amphibolite Is Decomposed
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Schist,Amphibolite
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. 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.
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