Colorado Mine

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080873
MRDS ID W032394
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Mine
Alternate or previous names Boston, Rising Sun, Wyoming Queen Company Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.98506, 41.06608 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jelm Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013N 077W 24;25;26 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.98506, 41.06608

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Uplifted Fault Block; Thrust Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jelm Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wyoming Queen Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • BOSTON SHAFT 80 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 38

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 48

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOSTON SHAFT DEVELOPED ON A GOLD VEIN. RISING SUN DEVELOPED ON A VEIN PARALLEL TO THE OTHER TWO CONTAINING GALENA WITH GOLD AND SILVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.