Centennial Ridge District

The Centennial Ridge District is a gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,180 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

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Site Name

Primary: Centennial Ridge District
Secondary: Centennial Ridge
Secondary: Centennial Mine
Secondary: Queen Mine
Secondary: Utopia Mine
Secondary: Free Gold Claim
Secondary: Platinum City Mine
Secondary: Kentucky Derby Mine
Secondary: Independence Mine
Secondary: Cliff Mine
Secondary: Empire Mine
Secondary: Columbine Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Albany

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.

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: vein and placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1874
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): "Small gold bodies have developed in quartz veins in hronblende schist and chlorite schist, and are probably genetically related to granite pegmatites (Bull. 50, p. 80).

Comment (Geology): Atlantic City is taconite (high grade ore is >50% Fe2O3 and has high silica content)

References

Reference (Deposit): McCallum, M.E., 1968 (1982), The Centennial ridge gold-platinum district, Albany County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Preliminary Report No. 7, 12 p, 1 pl, scale 1:24,000.

Reference (Deposit): WGS BULL #50, APRIL 1966, p. 80.
Pages: p. 80

Reference (Deposit): http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Topics/Metals/gold.aspx, accessed 6/9/2010.
URL: http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Topics/Metals/gold.aspx

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide ot 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. 10-11.

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