Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Galena, Polybasite, Gold, Malachite, Cerrusite, Limonite, Bornite, Chrysocolla
Geology
Host rockSchist,Quartzite,Marble,Amphibolite · "schist", "quartzite", "meta-limestone", "amphibolite"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10400394
Alternate namesFox Group, Clara B. (Morgan) prospect, Emma G. mine, Copper Queen mine, Rip Van Winkle mine, Silver Queen, Silver King prospect, Richmond mine, Little Ella-Senator Stewart mine, Croesus tunnel, Albion mine, Copper Creek adit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.49, -106.14
References
Hausel, 1994, Geology and MIneralization of the Cooper Hill Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, southeastern Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 49, 22 p., pl. 1 (scale approx. 1:12,000).Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Report of Investigations No. 23, 71 p.Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], 287 p.Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, 229 p.Schoen, Robert, 1953, Geology of the Cooper Hill district, Carbon County, Wyoming: Univ. of Wy MA thesis, 41 p.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.