Davis Claim (placer)

The Davis Claim (placer) is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Davis Claim (placer)
Secondary: Davis Diggings
Secondary: Bailey Bar
Secondary: Bailey's Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal

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: Teton And Targhee National Forests

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Year: 1870
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

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOLD 0.001 TO 0.15 OZ/CUBIC YARD, SCHULTZ, 1907 (SEE HAUSEL, 1968, P. 138).

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Ilmenite

Comments

Comment (Location): EXTENDS 1/2 MI NORTH ON A TERRACE ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE SNAKE RIVER. ALSO IN THE BEDS OF THE SNAKE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

Comment (Commodity): THE GRAVEL RANGED FROM $0.07 TO $2.00 IN GOLD PER CU. YD. (1914 PRICES)

Comment (Development): DIFFICULT TO RECOVER

Comment (Workings): ABOVE WORKINGS AT THE MOUTH OF PINE CREEK ON THE SOUTH FORK SNAKE RIVER. THE WORKINGS ARE 40-50 FT ABOVE WATER LEVEL. CONTAINS TRACE TO 0.11 OZ AU PER CY OF GRAVEL (1966).

Comment (Deposit): SOME INFORMATION FROM HARRY S. SUEKAWA'S 1977 FOREST SERVICE RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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 (Analytical Data): 0.27 gm per cubic meter reported by Antweiler and others, 1977.

References

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, p. P.59-60.

Reference (Deposit): WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 315-A, P.71-88.

Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P.89, 119.

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

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