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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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Bentonite Mine (Producer)Mud Creek (Occurrence)North Ten Sleep Mine (Producer)Scorpion Claims (Past Producer)Northwest of Tensleep (Occurrence)Packer Group (Past Producer)Dugout Creek + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Bud Kimball Creek (Occurrence)Gay Claims (Occurrence)Nowood River #5 (Occurrence)Tensleep Canyon (Occurrence)Gag Claims (Occurrence)Canyon Creek Talc + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Gheen Nos 1 and 2 Claims (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
14 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Gheen Nos 1 and 2 Claims

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect for Manganese. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 44.034, -107.160. 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?

12
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

2
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

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

Pyrolusite 1Psilomelane 1Braunite 1

Commodities

Uranium 6Bentonite 5Titanium-Heavy Minerals 1Talc-Soapstone 1Asbestos 1Magnesite 1Manganese 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Gheen Nos 1 and 2 ClaimsManganesePyrolusite, Psilomelane, BrauniteProspect44.034, -107.160
Dugout CreekTitanium-Heavy Minerals—Occurrence43.815, -107.506
Mud Creek——Occurrence43.771, -107.826
Gay ClaimsUranium—Occurrence43.910, -107.360
Canyon Creek TalcTalc-Soapstone—Occurrence44.099, -107.139
Anderson Claims and Adjacent ClaimsUranium—Occurrence44.968, -107.378
Packer GroupUranium—Past Producer44.031, -107.533
Dugout Creek——Occurrence43.802, -107.501
North Ten Sleep MineBentonite—Producer44.019, -107.789
Bud Kimball CreekBentonite—Occurrence43.925, -107.439
Canyon CreekUranium—Occurrence44.099, -107.159
Bentonite MineBentonite—Producer44.037, -107.887
Canyon Creek ClaimAsbestos—Prospect44.099, -107.139
Scorpion ClaimsUranium—Past Producer44.132, -107.636
Tensleep CanyonMagnesite—Occurrence44.084, -107.320
Northwest of TensleepBentonite—Occurrence44.060, -107.553
Nowood River #5Bentonite—Occurrence43.851, -107.379
Gag ClaimsUranium—Occurrence43.760, -107.340

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 111 fossil collection records in Washakie County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Johnson County · Sheridan County · Big Horn County · Hot Springs County · Campbell County

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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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