Wyoming · Carbon County
Past Producer

Leighton-Gentry Mine

Carbon County, Wyoming, United States
CopperCobaltNickel
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryCobalt, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10205636
MRDS IDW900035
Alternate namesLeighton-Gentry Prospect, Leighton-Gentry (Jack Creek) Prospect, Jack Creek Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.20995, -107.09122
References
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 36, 48-49, 139.Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 33, 45, 125.Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 173.Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 19-20.