Mine detail: Rock Creek Placers

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Location

Lat / long: 42.39244, -108.72961

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Platinum, Copper, Mica
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Mica, Silver
Gangue: Cassiterite, Scheelite
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Structure:Large Fault
Tectonic:Stable Continental Interior

References

MRDSW032121
DEP10080767
Reference{Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, F.C., 1948, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE ATLANTIC CITY-SOUTH PASS MINING DISTRICT, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 15, P. 63-65.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN* PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SRUVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 75-76.}{Deposit:: OSTERWALD, F.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 50, P. 87.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 12.}{Deposit:: UNPUB. DMEA REPORT}
ReporterHasler, J. William, Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.