South Pass is Wyoming's principal gold area & produced nearly all gold mined in the past. But, geologist Dan Hausel (the GemHunter) found supporting evidence for a major gold deposit at the Carissa mine & several significant gold anomalies throughout the South Pass-Atlantic City-Miners Delight and the Lewiston districts. There is also evidence of significant placer gold remaining in Rock Creek & Willow Creek & a giant paleoplacer gold deposit at Dickie Springs.