Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Gold
SecondaryZinc, Copper
TertiarySelenium, Nickel, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Chalcocite, Gold, Silver
GangueQuartz, Calcite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10254793
Alternate names(includes) Yankee Jack claim (Pat. #19645), (includes) Wicked Slope claim (Pat. #19649)
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.3058, -107.1508
References
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 45, 82, 125, 193.Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 41, 76, 112, 173.Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 159.Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 99-100.Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 152.Wilson and others, 2001, USGS OFR-01-497.Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, AML Inventory, [undated]: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished and undated inventory available at the USDA Forest Service office in Saratoga, WY.