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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Crouch Prospect (Past Producer)Evening Star and Silver Tip (Producer)Crouch Gold Prospect (Past Producer)Hoodoo Claim + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Continental Sulphur (Producer)Butte Claim + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Silver Creek (Prospect)Gail Group + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Unidentified Occurrence (Occurrence)Crater Mountain (Prospect)Angie Claims (Occurrence)Tibbs Butte (Occurrence)Sunlight Basin (Occurrence)Waggoner Claims (Prospect)Dead Indian (Occurrence)Big Wind (Occurrence)Big Wind (Prospect)Waggoner Group (Occurrence)Unidentified Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Kirwin + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Red Butte (Unknown)Shoshone Canyon (Unknown)Unknown (Holmes Lake) (Occurrence)Spirit Mountains + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
24 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Crater Mountain

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 3 gem or collectible minerals (Quartz, Gold, Silver) and 7 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect for Molybdenum, Copper. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Gold, Mica, Pyrite, Galena, Copper, Silver. Approx. location 44.032, -109.638. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

18
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

5
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

4
Unknown

Status not recorded.

4
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Galena 6Chalcopyrite 5Gold 4Tetrahedrite 4Pyrite 4Sphalerite 3Copper 2Silver 2Bornite 2Sylvanite 2Molybdenite 2Sulfur 1

Commodities

Uranium 12Gold 10Silver 9Copper 8Lead 7Zinc 4Sulfur 3Molybdenum 3Dolomite 2Iron 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Copper KingCopper, Silver, GoldBornite, Famatinite, Galena, TetrahedriteOccurrence44.633, -109.784
Big Goose VeinSilver, GoldChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, TetrahedriteOccurrence44.633, -109.717
Silver CreekMolybdenum, CopperChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Bornite, Galena, Pyrite, SphaleriteProspect44.028, -109.675
KirwinCopperChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Digenite, PyritePast Producer43.875, -109.285
Crater MountainMolybdenum, CopperChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, ArsenopyriteProspect44.032, -109.638
Evening Star and Silver TipGold, Silver, CopperChalcopyrite, Sylvanite, TetrahedriteProducer44.667, -109.901
Hoodoo ClaimLeadCopper, Galena, Gold, SilverOccurrence44.633, -109.784
Butte ClaimGold, Copper, SilverCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence44.633, -109.717
Tip Top ClaimSilver, GoldGalena, Proustite, StromeyeriteOccurrence44.633, -109.784
Crouch Gold ProspectGoldGoldPast Producer44.375, -109.934
Unidentified ProspectIronHematiteOccurrence44.669, -109.275
Unknown (Holmes Lake)Sodium SulfateMirabiliteOccurrence44.542, -109.116
Continental SulphurSulfurSulfurProducer44.667, -109.684
Big WindUranium—Occurrence44.335, -109.328
Gail GroupUranium—Occurrence44.520, -109.593
Sunlight BasinUranium—Occurrence44.776, -109.436
Unidentified OccurrenceUranium—Occurrence44.332, -109.593
Waggoner GroupUranium—Occurrence44.826, -109.260
Spirit MountainsUranium—Occurrence44.480, -109.047
Angie ClaimsUranium—Occurrence44.915, -109.573
Sweetwater CreekSulfur—Unknown44.496, -109.629
Big WindUranium—Prospect44.300, -109.351
Spirit Mountain Uranium CompanyUranium—Unknown44.481, -109.047
Tibbs ButteUranium—Occurrence44.950, -109.471
Waggoner ClaimsUranium—Prospect44.847, -109.352
Iron King Claims——Occurrence44.675, -109.274
Red ButteDolomite—Unknown44.557, -109.195
Crouch ProspectCopper, Gold, Lead, Zinc—Past Producer44.377, -109.999
Cody DepositsSulfur—Past Producer44.511, -109.122
Shoshone CanyonDolomite—Unknown44.511, -109.152
Dead IndianUranium—Occurrence44.761, -109.350
Sunlight DistrictTungsten, Gold, Silver—Occurrence44.650, -109.734
Kirwin DistrictCopper—Past Producer43.873, -109.303

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 497 fossil collection records in Park County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Big Horn County · Hot Springs County · Teton County · Sheridan County · Washakie County

Wyoming mineral guides

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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