Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryPalladium, Platinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSTREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Ore controlStream Hydraulics
Geology
Host rockGravel
StructureMullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
Tectonic settingRocky Mountains
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10038148
MRDS IDM045436
Alternate namesAlbany Placers, Albany Development Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.20303, -106.26646
References
MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACK, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 10-11.BEELER, H.C., 1906, MINERALS OF ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: LARAMIE REPUBLICAN CO., PRINTERS, P. 32.HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE ND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 106.