The Independence Placer is a gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.27472, -106.18472
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Independence Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence Placer
Secondary: Upper Middle Fork Flats
Secondary: Middle Fork Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Centennial Ridge 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: Occurrence
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 GRAVELS AND TERRACE 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 (Location): MOST OF PROPERTY IS IN SEC. 8. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Commodity): ZIRCON MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR AU. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PGE
Comment (Production): POSSIBLE SMALL GOLD PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): EARLY REPORTS CLAIMING THAT THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER HAD HIGH VALUES HAVE NOT BEEN SUBSTANTIATED
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M045442.
References
Reference (Deposit): HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 127-135.
Reference (Deposit): MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 9,11.
Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 38.
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