Home Placers

The Home Placers is a gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Home Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Douglas Creek District

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.
Administrative Organization: Medicine Bow National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGED $0.18 TO $0.24 PER CY (1901). 0.009 TO 0.013 OZ PER CY IN WILLOW FLAT

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (General): Site visited by Wilson and Heran (USGS) Aug. 3, 2010. There's a current mining claim sign posted along the Forest Service Road that parallels Douglas Creek, south of Keystone. It says:"REGISTERED MINING CLAIM this mining claim is protected under state and federal laws. ABSOLUTELY NO PROSPECTING ALLOWED. This Includes Panning, Sluicing, Dredging, Metal Detecting or Any Other Activities that Result in the Removal of Minerals. VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTEC TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW." Howver, there is absolutely no sign of any recent work on this claim. Only about 1/2 mi. south of the claim post there are long overgrown waste piles clearly formed by a dredge operation. If it weren't for the sign, this would appear to be a long abandoned site.

Comment (Location): PLACERS LOCATED ALONG STREAM IN SECS. 15, 21, 22, 27, 34. (from deleted MAS record 056001041)

Comment (Location): Deleted record 10157457 (old MAS 0560010141) put coordinates at N-41-12-2 and W-106-15-7 with 100m accuracy from main entrance.

Comment (Location): ALSO SECS. 27 AND 34: ON DOUGLAS AND BEAVER CREEKS, NORTH OF THE DOUGLAS CREEK CONSOLIDATED PLACERS. LONG & LAT IN SEC 22 AT CONFLUENCE OF DOUGLAS AND LITTLE BEAVER CREEKS.

Comment (Deposit): THE BEDROCK IS GRANITE WHICH CONTAINS LAYERS OF SCHIST AND DIORITE CUTTING ACROSS THE STREAM. MOST AU IS FOUND AT BEDROCK. THE GRAVEL ABOVE BEAVER CREEK, 80 - 250 FT WIDE, IS NOT FAVORABLE TO WORK.

Comment (Development): LARGEST NUGGET (3.4OZ) FOUND ON DOUGLAS CREEK AT THIS SITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1980, GSW RI 23, P. 23.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald, 1966, GSW BULL 50, P. 81.

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