The Goshen Hole Placers is a gold mine located in Goshen county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Goshen Hole Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goshen Hole Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Goshen
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: High Plains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GRAVEL CONTAINS EXTREMELY FINELY-DIVIDED GOLD. COVERED BY 3-12 FT OF BRULE AND ARIKAREE BEDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P.88
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