| Deposit ID | 10080977 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032518 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560230111 |
| Record type | Site |
| Mineralized Area | Lake Alice |
| Current site name | Griggs Mine |
| Included sites | Lake Alice District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.77139, 42.43389 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 22 MILES SE. OF AFTON, WYOMING, Mines shown on topo. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 028N | 117W | 7 | NW | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Result | AVERAGED $18.00/TOn |
|---|---|
| Result | Ba between 500 and 1000 ppm in all 6 samples from Griggs mine (Love and Antweiler, 1973, p. 144), but barite never mentioned as a product from this mine. |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Nugget;Nugget |
| Rock description | Nugget;Nugget |
| (1) | -110.77139, 42.43389 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | North-Northwest Trending Anticline |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | Northerly Trending Low Angle Absaroka Thrust Fault. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 15 W |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| Year of last production | 1920 |
| District name | Lake Alice District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. A. Mckinney |
| Year | 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1914-1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE CU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.175 Oz. Au, 79.60 Oz Ag, 33.60% Cu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 320.04M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032518 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560230111 |
COKEUILLE REGISTER, AUGUST 14, 1915. COKEVILLE REGISTER, NOVEMBER 13, 1920.
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. 139-147.
LLOYD, E.J., 1970, THE HISTORY OF COKEVILLE, WYOMING, UTAH STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS, LOGAN, UTAH, 160 P.
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 56.
1970 RECON LOVE, J.D., SAMPLE
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 52.
Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 138-140.
Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 133, 136.
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).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | "This site is located on patented land completely surrounded by Forest Service lands. All surface openings have been backfilled and sealed; the propery is currently [1994] used as a summer cabin site." (Martin, 1994, p. 30) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1977-11-01 | Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2008-09-12 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | revised 7/30/10 |
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