Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Silver
TertiaryGold
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Orebody formHYDROTHERMAL STOCK, DISSEMINATED; HYDROTHERMAL VEIN; SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Arsenopyrite
GangueBiotite, Calcite, Dolomite, Epidote, Muscovite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockGranodiorite,Dacite,Andesite · "Needle Mountain Granodiorite", "Crater Mountain Dacite ", "dikes "
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1893
Identification
Deposit ID10400361
Alternate namesNeedle Creek Porphyry
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.0318, -109.6381
References
FISHER, F.S., 1972, USGS BULLETIN 1332-CLukanuski, J.N., 1969, Progress report on the Needle Creek property, Park County, Wyoming: Phelps Dodge Corporation report, Geological Survey of Wyoming mineral files. 62 p.Hausel, W. Dan, Miller, David R., Sutherland, Wayne M., 2000, Economic Diversification Through Mineral Resources, in Classical Wyoming Geology in the New Millennium; 51st Field Conference Guidebook, 2000 Pages 209-225.Hausel, W. D., 1997, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, and Associated Metal Deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey, Bull 70, 229 p.