Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typehydrothermal vein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueQuartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1877
Last production1893
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10080756
MRDS IDW032110
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.16914, -106.2623
References
Osterwald and others, 1966, GSW BULL 50, P.81.Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: GSW RI-23, P. 28-29.Hausel, 1989, WGS Bull. 68, p. 120-122, 124.Hausel, 1997, WGS Bull. 70, p. 128-129.Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.