| Deposit ID | 10080871 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032389 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560010124 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cuprite Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.24119, 41.1983 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 50(meters) |
| Relative position | Mine adit on topo in NW4 sec. 11. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Albany(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Albany(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 | 014N | 079W | 11 | NW | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Result | 3-28% CU, TRACE -2.56 OZ PER TON AU, TRACE-2 OZ OF AG PER TON. |
|---|
| Main Entrance (1) | Metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Douglas Creek District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 290.78M |
| Overall depth | 19.81M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032389 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560010124 | =newMRDS 10229722, merged and deleted. |
WILSON,W.H. and others,1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING: WGS BULL 50 p. 39.
GSW RI 23, P. 26.
Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, 248 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE WIDTH SLIGHTLY LESS THAN WIDTH OF DRIFT. VEIN COINCIDES WITH THE TREND OF THE ALBANY VEIN |
| Deposit | VEIN CONTAINS NATIVE COPPER, cuprite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, GOLD & SILVER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-83 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 04-AUG-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | MAS 0560010124 = newMRDS 10229722, merged and deleted. |
| Reporter | 13-FEB-97 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0560010124 = newMRDS 10229722 |
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