The Elk Creek is a gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,419 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,419 Feet (2,871 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.21556, -106.25694
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Elk Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elk Creek
Secondary: Albany Development Co.
Secondary: Albany Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Douglas Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE; SMALL PRODUCTION PRESUMED
Comment (Location): AREA NOW LARGELY COVERED BY ROB ROY RESERVOIR. LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT 0.2 MI FROM MOUTH OF CREEK. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ELK AND BEAR CREEKS TOGETHER HAVE AN ESTIMATED 250,000 YD GOLD BEARING GRAVEL REMAINING
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS COARSE AND JAGGED WITH FLOUR GOLD. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT AND PD
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS W032115.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HAUSEL
Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACH, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 10-11.
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