The Archer Placer Claim is a gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,839 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,839 Feet (2,694 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.26722, -106.18861
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Archer Placer Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Archer Placer Claim
Secondary: Lower Middle Fork Flat
Secondary: Middle Fork Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Palladium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Centennial Ridge
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: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: TERRACE, FLOOD PLAIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NATIVE MERCURY HAS BEEN REPORTED. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PGM
Comment (Location): NEAR COLUMBIA CLAIMS. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M045439.
References
Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 38.
Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 99.
Reference (Deposit): MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 11.
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