Pine Bar Diggings

The Pine Bar Diggings is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pine Bar Diggings

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln

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: Bridger National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
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

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): AT THE MOUTH OF PINE CREEK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SNAKE RIVER.

Comment (General): Wilson and Heran attempted to locate this claim 9-aug-2010. With imagination, it appears that the ground could have been worked or dredged long ago. There is no sign of any recent (previous half century) workings.

Comment (Deposit): VERY FINE FLAKE GOLD STREAKS ARE FOUND ON TOP OF GRAVELS IMMEDIATELY BELOW 8 FT OF BARREN MATERIAL.

References

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, p. 60.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 89.

Reference (Deposit): Antweiler, Love, and Campbell, 1977, in Wyoming Geological Association 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p. 733.

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