Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10038158 |
| MRDS ID |
M045448 |
| MAS/MILS ID |
560010193 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Mineralized Area |
Centennial Ridge |
| Current site name |
Platinum City Mine |
| Included sites |
Centennial Ridge District |
Geographic coordinates
| Point of reference |
Main Entrance |
|
Geographic coordinates:
|
-106.15833, 41.27556 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
2682 |
| Location accuracy |
50(meters)
|
| Relative position |
2 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL. Within 1/4 1/4 section. NW4 of NE4 of Sec. 16. Mine marked on topo, but labeled on pl. 1 of McCallum (1968, PR-7). |
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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 |
16 |
NW4 OF NE4 |
Wyoming |
Comments on the location information
- ON LOWER EAST FLANK OF CENTENNIAL RIDGE. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Gold |
Primary |
| Copper |
Secondary |
| Platinum |
Tertiary |
Comments on the commodity information
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Gold |
Ore |
| Pyrite |
Ore |
| Quartz |
Gangue |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Tectonite
> Mylonite |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
|
Geologic structures
| Type of structure |
Regional |
| Structure description |
Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone |
Ore body information
| General form |
DISSEMINATED IN VEINS AND PODS |
Controls for ore emplacement
Comments on the geologic information
- GEOL.DESC: HONEYCOMBED QUARTZ CONTAINED FREE GOLD
- VEINS FOUND IN AMPHIBOLIZED META-IGNEOUS ROCKS IN SCHISTS.
