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Free Gold Claim

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038161
MRDS ID M045452
MAS/MILS ID 560010130
Record type Site
Current site name Free Gold Claim
Alternate or previous names Billy Waters
Included sites Centennial Ridge District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.174, 41.278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL, On Centennial Ridge as shown on pl. 1 of McCallum, PR-7, pl. 1.
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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 08,09 SE4 (08) OF SW4 (09) Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR TOP OF CENTENNIAL RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Platinum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Amphibolite Is Decomposed

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLE: AU=2.7-87 PPM (CONVERTED FROM OZ/TON)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.174, 41.278
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N59E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Centennial Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT SHAFT, 800 FT OF TRENCHES

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M045452
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 560010130 =newMRDS 10157400, merged and deleted.

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 8, 10.

  • Deposit

    HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 129.

  • Deposit

    HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED IN 2 FT WIDE GRAY QUARTZ VEIN. LIMONITE BOXWORKS COMMON; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE.
Deposit "The Free gold claim, originally known as the Billy Waters, is situated on top of Centennial Ridge. Narly 800 feet of surface workings have been developed along a two foot wide gray quartz vein that parallels schistosity of the surrounding hornblendic and chloritic schists of the Mafic Series. The quartz carries oxidized pyrite and free gold and reportedly at least 100 tons of ore was milled (Hess, 1926, p. 129)." (McCallum, 1968, p. 10)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-02-01 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1991-08-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2011-08-04 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560010130 = newMRDS 10157400, merged and deleted
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560010130 = newMRDS 10157400