Mineral resource potential of National Forest RARE II and wilderness lands in Wyoming

Abstract

Kind and amount of data The area has been mapped, and information on geology and mineral deposits is adequate for a preliminary mineral resource evaluation (Darton, 1906a, 1906b; Lageson and others, 1978), but is not sufficient for the mineral survey as required by the Wilderness Act (PL88-577) and related acts. Mining districts, mines, and mineral occurrences Most of the Hideout Creek area is underlain by Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, and there are no mining districts, mines, or prospects in the area. Closest production is in the Bald Mountain mining district, located a few miles to the northwest, where placer gold has been recovered from the Cambrian Flathead Sandstone. Commodities None known. Mineral and energy resource potential The Hideout Creek area has a low mineral and energy resource potential. References