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Tennant Property

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096567
MRDS ID W032138
MAS/MILS ID 560070397
Record type Site
Current site name Tennant Property
Alternate or previous names Tennant Creek Area, Tennant Claim

Comments on the site identification

  • "The claim is located on a body of schist 500 ft. wide." This suggests that the Tennant Creek Area is a claim. (However, this does not suggest that the ore body is 152.3 meters wide, so this was corrected to the 6 ft. width of the vein.)
  • In the 1966 and earlier literature Tennant Creek area in Sec. 21 and Tennant Property in Sec. 22 were discussed separately. Beginning with Hausel's 1989 Bulletin, they are discussed together.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.84611, 41.17056 (WGS84)
Elevation 2524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MILES FROM ENCAMPMENT, WY, Est. Used location of SE of 2 prospects on topo. in Sec. 21.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encampment(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 084W 21 NW Wyoming
6th Principal 014N 084W 22 SE of NW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Sections 21 and 22 and the propects on the topo within those sections are NOT in Tennant Creek. Prospects in Sec. 21 are on eithe rside of the ridge drained by Cushman Creek and North Fork. Shafts shown on the topo in Secion 22 drain inot a tributary ot Cushman Creek.
  • Used the shaft north of the road near the center of Sec. 22 as the lat/long coordinate for Tennant Propery. Used the southeastern of 2 prospects in Sec. 21 as the location of Tennant Creek area.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result On the Au-Ag-Pb vein in Sec. 21, THE HIGHER VALUES WERE FOUND IN THE QUARTZ, BUT SOME OF THE SCHIST ASSAYED $2.50 TO $3.70 OF GOLD PER TON (1927 prices). THE QUARTZ CONTAINED AU, AG, AND PB AND ASSAYED FROM $15.00 TO $112.00 PER TON (1927 prices).

Comments on the analytical data

  • In Sec. 21, veins assayed $15 - $112/ton of combined Au, Ag, Pb (1927 prices).

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.84611, 41.17056
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Encampment District

Comments on the production information

  • 6 tons ore netted $400 in copper at $0.20/lb in Sec. 22.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 84

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 78.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 178.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 158.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 QUARTZ VEINS LIE WITHIN THE SCHIST AND ARE PARALLEL TO ITS STRIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1982-09-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 1997-02-13 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-09-15 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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