The Horse Creek placer is a gold mine located in Laramie county, Wyoming.
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Horse Creek placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horse Creek placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Laramie
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Placer
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): "Traces of gold were reported in Tertiary stream gravels, but Keating thought the 'proposition' was good only for growing sugar beets." (Bull. 50, p. 89).
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50,, p. 89.
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