Sand Creek

The Sand Creek is a tin mine located in Crook county, Wyoming at an elevation of 5,846 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

Name: Sand Creek  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Crook

Elevation: 5,846 Feet (1,782 Meters)

Commodity: Tin

Lat, Long: 44.3642, -104.06500

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Sand Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sand Creek
Secondary: Dakota-Wyoming Placer


Commodity

Primary: Tin


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Crook


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

Type: Unknown


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Milton I. Leydig (with partners Dr. W.J. Doyle, Superior, MT, and R.F. Wellcome, Port Angeles, WA)
Home Office: 1803 Jerome, Helena, MT
Info Year: 1952


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cassiterite


Comments

Comment (Location): Milton I. Leydig, and 2 partners held 160 acres of placer ground along Sand Creek in T51N, R60W; T51N, R61W; and T52N, R61W.

Comment (General): (SEE BEAR GULCH PLACER)


References

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, WYO GEOL SURV BULL 50 [rev.], p. 193.
Pages: p. 193.

Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 2739, 27 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2739_DMEA.pdf.
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2739_DMEA.pdf


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