Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model{72: Polymetallic replacement}
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Madison Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1902
Identification
Deposit ID10230492
Alternate namesElk Mountain District, M & M's Elk Mountain mine, M & M Elk Mountain Mine, Elk Mountain Prospect, Elk Mountain Mining and Milling Company
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.60889, -106.58694
References
{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 43, 119, 174.}{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 40, 157.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 108-109.}{Deposit:: Harris, Hausel, and Meyer, 1985, Metallic and industrial minerals map of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Map Series 14, scale 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: WGS Bull. 70, p. 119.}