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A detailed description of the geology and gold deposits at South Pass Wyoming. Includes summaries on all of the historical mining districts within this region including South Pass, Atlantic City, Miners Delight, Lewiston and others. Nearly all of Wyoming's historic production was from South Pass. Report includes detailed geological map of the greenstone belt, mine maps hundreds of geochemical analyses.
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Economic Geology, Geology, Economic, Granite, Greenstone beltsShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Economic geology of the South Pass granite-greenstone belt, southern Wind River Range, western Wyoming
1991, Geological Survey of Wyoming
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Economic Geology of the South Pass Granite-Greenstone Belt, Southern Wind River Range, Western Wyoming: Gold at South Pass
1991, The Geological Survey of Wyoming
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More than 350,000 ounces of gold were produced in the past at South Pass. The area has potential for many additional gold discoveries. The greatest gold deposit was that of the Carissa mine that is still considered a possible significant gold deposit containing more than 1 million ounces of unmined gold.
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South Pass is Wyoming's primary source for gold and iron ore and represents a classical greenstone belt that has been intensely folded and faulted. The author spent 6 years mapping this complex terrain and found more than 100 gold anomalies as well as the tectonic control for ore shoots. In recent years, this terrain has become a popular place to search for gold deposits.
The book was published prior the the WGS providing ISBN numbers, but has remained one of the more popular books at the Wyoming Geological Survey. It is available at the WGS publications section.
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