Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Chalcopyrite
Other materialsBeryl, Fluorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10157071
Alternate namesBIg Creek Pegmatite Area, Bonanza Lode Claims 1-6 and Copper King Lode (M.S. 118)
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.1155, -106.5043
References
AEC PRELIM.FIELD INV., AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIESR. E. PLATTE, ENCAMPMENT, WYO. 9-18-73Hausel and Sutherland, 2000, WGS Bull. 71, 268 p.Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 45.Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.Houston, R.S., 1961, The Big Creek pegmatite area, Carbon County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Preliminary Report No. 1., 11 p., 1 pl.DMEA Docket No. 3092, 51 p. http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3092_DMEA.pdf