Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10038152 |
| MRDS ID |
M045440 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Fall Creek Placer |
Geographic coordinates
|
Geographic coordinates:
|
-106.1934, 41.28525 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
2880 |
| Location accuracy |
100(meters)
|
| Relative position |
2.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
Wyoming |
Albany |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| 6th Principal |
015N |
078W |
07 |
N2 |
Wyoming |
Comments on the location information
- IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Gold |
Primary |
| Platinum |
Tertiary |
| Osmium |
Tertiary |
| Rhodium |
Tertiary |
Comments on the commodity information
- TRACE OS AND POSSIBLE TRACE RH REPORTED BUT UNVERIFIED
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Gold |
Ore |
Mineral occurrence model information
| Model code |
119 |
| USGS model code |
39a |
| BC deposit profile |
C01. C02 |
| Deposit model name |
Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number |
54 |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Unconsolidated Deposit
> Gravel |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Holocene |
|
Geologic structures
| Type of structure |
Regional |
| Structure description |
Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone |
Ore body information
| General form |
STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS |
Controls for ore emplacement
