Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeShear zone; Vein
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10278708
MRDS IDW900471
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.24111, -107.15306
References
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 24, 49.Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 21, 46.Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 25.Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 178.Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 88-89.Graff, 1978, Univ. of Wyo., PhD dissertation.Houston and Graff, 1995, USGS I-2452.Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, AML Inventory, [undated]: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished and undated inventory available at the USDA Forest Service office in Saratoga, WY.