The Albany Placers is a gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Albany Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Albany Placers
Secondary: Douglas Creek Placers
Secondary: Douglas Consolidated Placers
Secondary: Douglas Creek Placer Mining District
Secondary: Foley District
Secondary: Albany Placer
Secondary: Home Placers
Secondary: Spring Creek Placers
Secondary: Moores Gulch placers
Secondary: Last Chance gold placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: STREAM PLACER
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Structure: FAULTING
Description: MULLEN CREEK-NASH FORK SHEAR ZONE
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG DOUGLAS CREEK AND 5MI.ALONG THE CREEK; MOORE'S,DAVE'S (from deleted record Albany Placer 10132248).
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.
Pages: p. 35-37.
Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): OSTERWALD, F.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 79-80.
Pages: p. 79-80.
Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 23-24.
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