Yellow Bird Mine

Occurrence in Laramie county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081173
MRDS ID W032912
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Bird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.17309, 41.15636 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laramie(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hecla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crow(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Laramie

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 069W 30 NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF HECLA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hornblende Gangue

Analytical data

Result TRACES OF GOLD REPORTED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.17309, 41.15636

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hecla District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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