The Clarke's Camp and Union Pass placer prospects is a gold and thorium mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming.
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Clarke's Camp and Union Pass placer prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clarke's Camp and Union Pass placer prospects
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
District: Wind River Mountain 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.
Administrative Organization: Shoshone National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Little Jim Mining Co.
Years: 1957 -
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.3-2.33% THO2
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ON WARM SPRING CREEK-1/4 TO 5/8 MILE WIDE AND 1 2/3 MILE LONG, HIGH TERRACES MORE THAN 100 FT ABOVE CREEK BOTTOM. SOUTH FORK-SEVERAL 100 FT WIDE AND MORE THAN 3 MILES LONG. THICKNESS OF BOTH UNKNOWN.
Comment (Development): GOLD IS FINELY DIVIDED AND DIFFICULT TO TAKE OUT. WORKED DURING THE EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Location): THE SECTIONS LISTED ARE ALL IN T.42.N.
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW RI 23, P.63
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P.87-88, 222.
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