Description
Ed Haggarty "discovered a cupriferous gossan along a drainage"
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMassive sulfide
Model92: Massive sulfide, Besshi
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Bornite, Covellite, Cuprite, Pyrite, Malachite, Chrysocolla
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Deep Lake Group
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1897-1908 (approx), revived briefly in the 1970s(?)
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10303371
MRDS IDW900043
Alternate namesOceola (misspelling of Osceola), Osceola (to the S), Olive D. Lode (to the SW), Half Moon Lode (to the SE), Rudefeha shaft, Rudefeha Mine, Rudefeha, Rudefeha W. Extension, Rudefeha E. Extension, Doyle (to the NW), Jordan (to the NE), Ferris-Haggerty
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates41.1845, -107.0705
References
Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 74-82.Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 15.Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, 229 p.Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 154.WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILESOsterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 46-47.Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.Black Range Minerals Ltd, 2008, Annual Report 2008: http://www.blackrangeminerals.com/pdfs/2008AnnualReport14Oct08.pdf