| Deposit ID | 10038155 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045445 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560010110 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blanche Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.28556, 41.21806 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2969 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 9 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Albany(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Keystone(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 015N | 079W | 32 | SE4 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sperrylite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Result | 2 HIGH-GRADE LIMONITE SAMPLES FROM DUMP ANALYZED 6, 17 PPM PT |
|---|---|
| Result | 30, 20 PPM PD |
| Result | 20, 17% CU |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -106.28556, 41.21806 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone |
| General form | VEINS |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | New Rambler District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 48.77M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M045445 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560010110 | =newMRDS 10205063, merged and deleted. |
MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACK, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 10.
HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 126-128.
Wilson, W.H., rev., 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geol. Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50.
Coalson, Edward B., 1971, Geology of the New Rambler Mine area, Albany County, Wyoming: Laramie, University of Wyoming MS thesis, 51 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS IN GOUGE ZONES; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE. |
| Deposit | RECORD W032393 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED. MAS 0560010110 has also been merged and deleted. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1975-02-01 | Blair, Will N. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 1983-04-01 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 1991-08-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2010-08-16 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted 10205063 (MAS 0560010110) |
| Reporter | 1997-01-09 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0560010110 = newMRDS 10205063 |
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