The Unidentified Gold Occurrence is a gold mine located in Crook county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Unidentified Gold Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unidentified Gold Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Crook
District: Bear Lodge 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: Black Hill National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hutchins Consolidated Gold Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mineralized Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): IN THE BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS
Comment (Deposit): WIDTH OF INDIVIDUAL FISSURES IS LESS THAN 4 INCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW RI 23, P. 63.
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 84.
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