Douglas Creek Placer Mining District
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Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- STREAM PLACER
- Deposit model
- 119: Placer Au-PGE
MULLEN CREEK-NASH FORK SHEAR ZONE
STREAM HYDRAULICS
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Placer
- Production size
- Small
- Discovered
- 1868
Records and references
OSTERWALD, F.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 79-80. HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 23-24. HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 106.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.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 60001841 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 41.20830, -106.26110
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