The Pine Bar Diggings is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming.
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Pine Bar Diggings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Bar Diggings
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
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: Bridger National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE MOUTH OF PINE CREEK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SNAKE RIVER.
Comment (General): Wilson and Heran attempted to locate this claim 9-aug-2010. With imagination, it appears that the ground could have been worked or dredged long ago. There is no sign of any recent (previous half century) workings.
Comment (Deposit): VERY FINE FLAKE GOLD STREAKS ARE FOUND ON TOP OF GRAVELS IMMEDIATELY BELOW 8 FT OF BARREN MATERIAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, p. 60.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 89.
Reference (Deposit): Antweiler, Love, and Campbell, 1977, in Wyoming Geological Association 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p. 733.
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