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Spring Lake Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10080975
MRDS ID W032516
MAS/MILS ID 560230003
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Lake Creek Prospect
Included sites Lake Alice District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.7775, 42.39833 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF LAKE ALICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porcupine Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 117 1/2 W 24 NESE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS ABOUT 500 FEET SOUTH OF SPRING LAKE CREEK AND 1500 FEET EAST OF HOBBLE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES AVERAGED AS FOLLOWS: CU 3,550 PPM, AG 5 PPM, AND ZN 28 PPM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget;Nugget
    Rock description Nugget;Nugget
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.7775, 42.39833
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northerly Trending Low Angle Absaroka Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 10 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Alice District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT STILL OPEN IS 110 FEET LONG, 6 FEET HIGH, AND 5 FEET WIDE
  • "The site consists of a 92-ft-long silver-copper prospect adit and associated dump on a southern tributary of Spring Lake Creek. The adit is relatively stable, but presents the normal hazards associated with abandoned underground workings." (Martin, 1994, p. 30). Wilson and Heran (USGS) were unable to locate any workings in this area as of September, 2009, but did not have GPS coordinates or an accurate location description. It is possible that we were looking in the wrong places, or that the site has been reclaimed.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVE, J.D., AND ANTWEILER, J.C., 1973, COPPER, SILVER, AND ZINC IN THE NUGGET SANDSTONE, WESTERN WYOMING: WYO. GEOL. ASSOC. GUIDEBOOK, 25TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE, GREATER GREEN RIVER BASIN, p. 140, 145.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 138, 140.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 136-137

  • Deposit

    Martin, Clay M., 1994, Abandoned mine lands inventory of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming: USBM unpublished report for US Forest Service (3-ring binder, 34 p. text, 28 2-page site reports, some with photos).

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON LOVE, J.D., SAMPLINg.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SLABBY, FINE-GRAINED, TAN NUGGET SANDSTONE 5 FEET BELOW THE BASE OF THE SPRING LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-11-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1993-03-19 Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-09-12 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 7/30/10

Beyond USGS

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