The Teddy Creek Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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Teddy Creek Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Teddy Creek Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Description: felsic (?) schist
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Proterozoic
Age Old: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Several trenchs, collapsed timbered shaft.
Comment (Geology): gossaniferous envelope (limonite boxworks) surrounding a NE-trending, sulfide-bearing, milky quartz vein.
Comment (Analytical Data): Hausel's report lists geochemistry for 19 samples. Gold values range from <5 to 7030 ppm.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1997, Teddy Creek gold prospect, Red Mountain quadrangle, Encampment Mining District, Sierra Madre, southeastern Wyoming: WSGS Mineral Report MR 97-3, 5 p.
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