The Spring Creek Prospect is a gold mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 10,361 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,361 Feet (3,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.19333, -107.03194
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Spring Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
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: Medicine Bow National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS RANGED FROM 0.06 TO 1.18 OZ PER TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN LIES BETWEEN A HANGING WALL OF SCHIST AND A FOOTWALL OF RHYOLITE.
Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF SPRING CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 77.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 83.
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