The Gros Ventre Nos. 1-16 Group is a silver, gold, and platinum mine located in Teton county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Platinum
Lat, Long: 43.55167, -110.25833
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Gros Ventre Nos. 1-16 Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gros Ventre Nos. 1-16 Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Teton
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Teton
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT/LONG LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF COTTONWOOD CREEK, WEST OF CITED TOWNSHIP LOCATION. POSSIBLY THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACER CLAIMS ON GROS VENTRE RIVER, BUT THEY ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO BE INCLUDED IN WYOMING BULLETIN 68
Comment (Commodity): UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1991); SOURCE PRESUMED TO BE UNPUB. FOREST SERVICE DATA
Comment (Deposit): NO INFORMATION IS GIVEN ABOUT THESE PLACERS
Comment (Geology): SMALL AMOUNTS OF CR AND NI HAVE BEEN FOUND TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE GROS VENTRE WILDERNESS (SEE USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1300 AND REFERENCES CITED THEREIN)
Comment (Deposit): NO REFERENCES WERE GIVEN IN ORIGINAL MRDS RECORD AND THERE IS NO INDICATION OF PLACERS IN THIS AREA IN THE LITERATURE. THERE MAY BE AN UNPUBLISHED USBM REPORT ON AREA WRITTTEN IN 1963, WHICH ADDRESSES PLACERS NEAR COTTONWOOD CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
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