Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10302987
MRDS IDW900395
Alternate namesCox Lode, May include Merrill Claim (?), May be part of Big Chief Group
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates41.18222, -106.995
References
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 42 (copper).Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50 [revised ed.], p. 46 (copper).Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 165.Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment district, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 90.Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, AML Inventory, [undated]: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished and undated inventory available at the USDA Forest Service office in Saratoga, WY.