Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Gold
SecondaryCopper, Zinc
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite, Silver, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Malachite, Azurite
Geology
Host rockGranite,Gabbro · "Sierra Madre Granite", "Gabbro of Elkhorn Mountain"
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10230676
MRDS IDW032144
Alternate namesclaims: North Fork, Tablespoon, North Fork Extension, North Fork Lode, Pease Properties
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.01316, -107.015
References
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 48, 83, 121, 126, 174, 240.Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 45, 77, 109, 113, 157, 219.Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 175.Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 21.Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 157.Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, AML Inventory, [undated]: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished and undated inventory available at the USDA Forest Service office in Saratoga, WY.