Rattlesnake Hills Gold Discovery, Wyoming

A previously unrecognized gold district was discovered in 1981 based on favorable geology - a greenstone belt intruded and brecciated by a swarm of alkalic intrusives. The project was funded by Wyoming Geological Survey (WGS) general funds and University of Wyoming MMRRI grants to the author. Some anomalies were later drilled by private industry resulting in significant gold intercepts. A final report was presented to MMRRI in 1982 and formal publication to WGS in 1996.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

MAJOR GOLD DISCOVERY in CENTRAL WYOMING

Goat Mountain alkalic plug intrudes greenstone belt rocks
in the Rattlesnake Hills.

The Rattlesnake Hills gold district in central Wyoming is likely to become one of the more significant gold districts outside of Nevada and Alaska. Our new gold book discusses this and other interesting gold deposits.

Rattlesnake Hills

"The Rattlesnake Hills, in my opinion, has the highest potential for discovery of large, commercial, gold deposits in Wyoming. It has all of the necessary ingredients to be a significant gold producer - an ancient greenstone belt source terrain for primary gold and intrusion of the belt by hot Tertiary alkalic plugs to mobilize the gold and concentrate the metal in veins, stockworks and breccia.

Gold was discovered by the author in 1981 & recommended for further research (including drilling breccias near alkalic intrusives, geophysics over Tertiary sediments, & additional sampling & assays of veins, jasperoids & exhalites) to the University of Wyoming MMRRI & the Wyoming Geological Survey. Unfortunately, little was done other than a report that followed the initial 1982 MMRRI report completed more than a decade later (Hausel, 1996). Other gold deposits of interest include Copper King, Kurtz-Chatterton, Carissa trend, Wolf trend, Bear Lodge, Ferris-Haggarty, Mineral Hill, etc". - W. Dan Hausel

Rattlesnake Hills Gold Discovery, Wyoming

Saturday, September 24, 2011

MAJOR GOLD DISCOVERY in CENTRAL WYOMING

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