The Davis Claim (placer) is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.22194, -110.78306
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Davis Claim (placer) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Davis Claim (placer)
Secondary: Davis Diggings
Secondary: Bailey Bar
Secondary: Bailey's Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
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: Teton And Targhee National Forests
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Year: 1870
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
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD 0.001 TO 0.15 OZ/CUBIC YARD, SCHULTZ, 1907 (SEE HAUSEL, 1968, P. 138).
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Ilmenite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXTENDS 1/2 MI NORTH ON A TERRACE ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE SNAKE RIVER. ALSO IN THE BEDS OF THE SNAKE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
Comment (Commodity): THE GRAVEL RANGED FROM $0.07 TO $2.00 IN GOLD PER CU. YD. (1914 PRICES)
Comment (Development): DIFFICULT TO RECOVER
Comment (Workings): ABOVE WORKINGS AT THE MOUTH OF PINE CREEK ON THE SOUTH FORK SNAKE RIVER. THE WORKINGS ARE 40-50 FT ABOVE WATER LEVEL. CONTAINS TRACE TO 0.11 OZ AU PER CY OF GRAVEL (1966).
Comment (Deposit): SOME INFORMATION FROM HARRY S. SUEKAWA'S 1977 FOREST SERVICE RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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 (Analytical Data): 0.27 gm per cubic meter reported by Antweiler and others, 1977.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, p. P.59-60.
Reference (Deposit): WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 315-A, P.71-88.
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P.89, 119.
Reference (Deposit): Antweiler, Love, and Campbell, 1977, in Wyoming Geological Association 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p. 733.
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