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Gertrude

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022635
MRDS ID FS00003
MAS/MILS ID 560070342
Record type Site
Current site name Gertrude
Alternate or previous names Gertrude Mine, Gertrude Property Prospect, Gertrude Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.95694, 41.1575 (WGS84)
Elevation 2920
Relative position 1/2 mi. E of the old town of Battle.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 085W 28,29 E2E2 of Sec. 28. Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result MIN. EXAM. FS. 1962.
Result Assays of 0.37 opt Au.
Result Hematite (gossan) bed assayed $7.00 /ton Au. [date unknown]

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial deposits
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Madre Range

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 40S
    Thickness 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Medicine Bow N.F.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. R. Crow Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 47, 110.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 15-16.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 154-155.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 170.

  • Deposit

    MIN. EXAM. FS. 1962.

  • Deposit

    1962 OTHER FS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit hematite is a gossan capping a copper deposit. At surface the gossan is 2.5 ft. thick, at 80 ft. it is 9 ft. thick.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-02-01 Sierk, Betty M. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-03-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2009-02-02 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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