The Pilgrim Creek is a gold mine located in Teton county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.95833, -110.56667
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Pilgrim Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pilgrim Creek
Secondary: Pacific-Pilgrim Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Teton
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PAN CONCENTRATES ANALYSES UP TO 950 PPM COMPUTED TO IN PLACE CONTENT.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): 8000 FT NE OF PILGRIM MOUNTAIN
Comment (General): Metals Economics Group (subscription only database available at www.metalseconomics.com), calls this Pacific-Pilgrim Creek. Suggests property consists of 22 claims, last publicly available work by Kirkwood Minerals.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1397-A.
Reference (Deposit): USGS RI 9.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC 541.
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