Wyoming Gold

Panning for gold & diamonds in Wyoming

Gold References

Albert, K.G.,1986, "Reported gold concentrations in sediment samples from U.S. Department of Energy's National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) reports," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Open File Report 86-4, scale 1:1,000,000.

Allen, F.S.,1942, "Letter to the Board of Directors of the Polaris Mining Company," Geological Survey of Wyoming, mineral files (unpublished), 3p.

Allsman, P.T., Majors, F.H., Mahoney, S.R., and Young,W.A.,1949, "Investigation of Sublette Ridge vanadium deposits, Lincoln County, Wyoming," U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 4476, 8p.

Antweiler, J.C., and Love, J.D.,1967, "Gold-bearing sedimentary rocks in northwest Wyoming-A preliminary report," U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 541, 12p.

Antweiler, J.C., Love, J.D., Mosier, E.L., and Campbell, W.L.,1980, "Oligocene gold-bearing conglomerate, southeast margin of Wind River Mountains, Wyoming," Wyoming Geological Association, 32nd Annual Field Conference Guidebook., p.223-237.

Ball, S.H., 1907, "Copper deposits of the Hartville uplift, Wyoming," U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 315-B, p. 93-107.

Bayley, R.W.,1968, "Ore deposits of the Atlantic City district, Fremont County, Wyoming," in J.D. Ridge (ed), Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933-1967, AIME, New York, N.Y, p. 589-604.

Bayley, R.W., and James, H.L.,1973, "Precambrian iron-formations of the United States," Economic Geology, v. 68, p. 934-959.

Beeler, H.C.,1905, "Mining in the Grand Encampment copper district, Carbon and Albany Counties, Wyoming," Office of the State Geologist, misc. rept., Cheyenne, 32p.

Beeler, H.C.,1908, "A brief review on the South Pass gold district, Fremont County, Wyoming," Office of the State Geologist, misc. rept., Cheyenne, 23p.

Boberg, W.W.,1986, "Lake Alice copper district, Lincoln County, Wyoming," in S. Roberts (ed), Metallic and Nonmetallic Deposits of Wyoming and Adjacent Areas, Geological Survey of Wyoming, Public Information Circular 25, p.54-55.

Borrowman, S.R., and Rosenbaum, J.B.,1962, "Recovery of thorium from a Wyoming ore," U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 5917, 8p.

Bow, C.S.,1986, "Structural and lithologic controls on Archean greywacke-hosted gold mineralization within the Sweetwater district, Wyoming, USA," in  Turbidite-Hosted Gold Deposits, Geological Association of Canada, Spec. Pap. 32, p.107-118.

Condie, K.C., 1976, "The Wyoming Province in the western United States," in B.F. Windley (ed), The Early History of the Earth, John Wiley & Sons, New York, p.499-510.

Conoco Minerals Company,1982, "Summary report on the Huston and Fletcher Parks massive sulfide deposits,"  Geological Survey of Wyoming, mineral files, 82p.

Currey, D.R.,1965, "The Keystone gold-copper prospect area, Albany County, Wyoming," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Preliminary Report 3, 12p.

Darton, N.H.,1906, "Mineral resources of the Bighorn Mountain region," U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 285, p.303-310.

deQuadros, A.M.,1989, "Report on the diamond drill program July-August 1989 at the Carissa mine property, South Pass City, Fremont County, Wyoming, for Consolidated McKinney Resources Ltd.," Vancouver, B.C.: (unpublished report), 76 p., plus drill logs and assays.

Dersch, J.S., 1990, "Snowy Range withdrawal," U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Mineral Report WYW-115104, 19p.

Harrer, C.M., 1966, "Wyoming iron-ore deposits," U.S. Bureau of Mines, Information Circular 8315, 114p.

Hausel, W.D.,1982, "General geologic setting and mineralization of the porphyry copper deposits, Absaroka volcanic plateau, Wyoming," Wyoming Geological Association, 33rd Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p.297-313.

Hausel, W.D.,1986, "Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Report of Investigations 37, 31p.

Hausel, W.D., 1987, "Structural control of Archean gold mineralization within the South Pass greenstone terrain, Wyoming (USA)," in  R.W. Hurst, T.E. Davis, and S.S. Augustithis (eds), The Practical Applications of Trace Elements And Isotopes to Mineral Resource Evaluation, Theophrastus Publications, Athens, Greece, p.199-216.

Hausel, W.D.,1989a, "The Geology of Wyoming's Precious Metal Lode and Placer Deposits," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Bulletin 68, 248p.

Hausel, W.D.,1989b, "Precambrian geology of the Seminoe gold district, Bradley Peak Quadrangle, Carbon County, Wyoming," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Open File Report 89-10, scale 1:24,000.

Hausel, W.D., 1990a, "Geologic map of the South Pass granite-greenstone belt, southern Wind River Mountains, Wyoming," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Report of Investigations 44, scale 1: 48,000.

Hausel, W.D., 1990b, "Au, Ag, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, and Ni anomalies from rock samples from Bradley Peak, Seminoe Mountains," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Mineral Report 90-2 (unpublished), 10 p.

Hausel, W.D.,1991, "Economic geology of the South Pass granite-greenstone belt, Wind River Mountains, western Wyoming," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Report of Investigations 44,  in press.

Hausel, W.D., 2009, Gems, Minerals and Rocks of Wyoming. A Guide for Rock Hounds, Prospectors & Collectors. Booksurge, 175 p.

Hausel, W.D., Graff, P.J., and Albert, K.G.,1985, "Economic geology of the Copper Mountain supracrustal belt, Owl Creek Mountains, Fremont County, Wyoming," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Report of Investigations 28, 33p

Hausel, W.D., and Hausel, E.J., 2011, Gold – Field Guide for Prospectors and Geologists (Wyoming and Adjacent Areas). Booksurge, 365 p.

Hausel, W.D., and Hull, J.M., 1990, "Guide to gold mineralization and Archean geology of the South Pass greenstone belt, Wind River Range, Wyoming," in  Sheila Roberts (ed), Geologic Field Tours of Western Wyoming, and Parts of Adjacent Idaho, Montana, and Utah: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Public Information Circular 29, p. 178-191.

Houston, R.S., 1983, "Wyoming Precambrian Province-example of the evolution of mineral deposits through time?", in  Sheila Roberts, (ed), Metallic and Nonmetallic deposits of Wyoming and Adjacent Areas, 1983 Conference Proceedings: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Public Information Circular 25, p.1-12.

Houston, R.S., and Karlstrom, K.E.,1979, "Uranium-bearing quartz pebble conglomerates-exploration model and United States resource potential," U.S. Department of Energy, Open File Report GJBX-1(80),510p.

Karlstrom, K.E., Houston, R.S., Flurkey, A.J., Coolidge, C.M., Kratochvil, A.L., and Sever, C.K.,1981, "Volume 1, A summary of the geology and uranium potential of Precambrian conglomerates in southeastern Wyoming," U.S. Department of Energy, Open File Report GJBX-139(81), 541p.

Kerr McGee Corporation, 1988, "Letter and report to W. D. Hausel from W.P. Leedy on the discovery of umangite," Geological Survey of Wyoming, mineral files, 7p.

King, J.K.,and Harris, R.E.,1987, "Rare earth elements and yttrium in Wyoming," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Open File Report 87-8, 43p.

Klein, T.L.,1974, "Geology and mineral resources of the Silver Crown district, Laramie County, Wyoming," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Preliminary Report 14, 27p.

Klein, T.L.,1981, "The geology and geochemistry of the sulfide deposits of the Seminoe district, Carbon County, Wyoming," Ph.D. thesis, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, 232p.

Loose, S.A., and Boberg, W.W.,1987, "Sedimentary facies control on mineralization at the Lake Alice district in the Wyoming Overthrust Belt," Wyoming Geological Association, 38th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p.309-327.

Loucks, R.R.,1976, "Platinum-gold-copper mineralization, central Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming," M.S.thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 290p.

Love, J.D.,1984, "Gold, silver, and other selected trace elements in the Phosphoria Formation of western Wyoming," Wyoming Geological Association, 35th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p.379-391.

Love, J.D., and Antweiler, J.C.,1973, "Copper, silver and zinc in the Nugget Sandstone, western Wyoming," Wyoming Geological Association, 25th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p.139-147.

Love, J.D., Antweiler, J.C., and Mosier, E.L.,1978, "A new look at the origin and volume of the Dickie Springs-Oregon Gulch placer gold at the south end of the Wind River Mountains," Wyoming Geological Association, 30th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p.379-391.

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, 12p.

McKinney, A.A., and Horst, H.W.,1953, "Deadwood conglomerate monazite deposit, Bald Mountain area, Sheridan and Big Horn Counties, Wyoming," U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, RME-3128, 40p.

Nevin, A.E.,1973, "Interim report, Copper King property, Laramie County, Wyoming," Henrietta Mines Ltd. company report: Geological Survey of Wyoming, mineral files (unpublished), 16p.

Schrader, F.C.,1913, "Gold placers on Wind and Bighorn Rivers, Wyoming," U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 580, p.127-143.

Snyder, G.L., Hausel, W.D., Klein, T.L., Houston, R.S., and Graff, P.J.,1989, "Precambrian rocks and mineralization, southern Wyoming Province," 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip Guidebook T332, 48p.

Spencer, A.C.,1904, "Copper deposits of the Encampment district, Wyoming," U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 25, 107p.

Spry, P.G., and McGowan, K.I.,1989, "Origin of Archean lode gold mineralization at Atlantic City-South Pass, Wyoming: fluid inclusion stable isotope study," 28th International Geological Congress, Abstracts, v.3. p.3-163.

Staatz, M.H.,1983, "Geology and descriptions of thorium and rare earth deposits in the southern Bear Lodge Mountains, northeastern Wyoming," U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1049-D, 52p.

Stockwatch, 1987, "Exploration update on Caledonia Resources Ltd.," September, 1987, Canjex Publishing, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., p.9

Thurston, P.B.,1986, "Geochemistry and provenance of Archean metasedimentary rocks in the southwestern Beartooth Mountains: M.S. Thesis, Montana State University, Bozeman, 74p.

Welch, C.M.,1974, "A preliminary report on the geology of the Mineral Hill area, Crook County, Wyoming," M.S. thesis, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, 83p.

Wilmarth, V.R., and Johnson, D.H.,1954, "Uranophane at Silver Cliff mine, Lusk, Wyoming," U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 1009-A, 12p.

Wilson, W.H., undated, "Muskrat Creek", Geological Survey of Wyoming,  mineral files (unpublished), 6p.

Wilson, W.H.,1951, "A monazite deposit in the Big Horn Mountains, Sheridan and Big Horn Counties, Wyoming," Geological Survey of Wyoming, Mineral Report 51-3 (unpublished), 3p.

Woodfill, R.D.,1987, "Hartville uplift, southeastern Wyoming", unpublished consultant's report, Geological Survey of Wyoming, mineral files, 20p.