Kentucky Derby Mine

Albany County, Wyoming, United States

Copper Gold Silver Iridium Osmium Palladium Platinum

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryCopper, Gold, Silver

SecondaryIridium, Osmium, Palladium, Platinum

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

Orebody formVEINS

Ore controlShears

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite

GangueLimonite

Geology

Host rockTectonite

StructureShear Zones, Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone

Tectonic settingRocky Mountains

AlterationMineralized Zone Has Been Oxidized

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

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References

MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 9, 10.HAUSEL, 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 36.HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 99.

Identification

Deposit ID10098382

MRDS IDM045449

Alternate namesCentennial Ridge District

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates41.28611, -106.17944