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Ferney Gulch Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Cobalt, Lead, Molybdenum
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096578
MRDS ID W032221
MAS/MILS ID 560230004
Record type Site
Current site name Ferney Gulch Mine
Included sites Lake Alice District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79167, 42.35 (WGS84)
Relative position 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AFTON, WYOMING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Park(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 027N 117 1/2 W 1 S2 of SW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • R. 117 1/2 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CU 20000 PPM, ZN 26000 PPM, AG 15 PPM, AS 7000 PPM, BA 5000 PPM, C O 700 PPM, PB 500 PPM, MO 70 PPM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79167, 42.35
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Displacement Fault With Movement Down On The North Block.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northerly Trending Low-Angle Absaroka Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years early 1900s

Mining district

District name Lake Alice District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • "This copper and silver prospecting area consists of 5 open or partially collapsed adits, 2 open shafts, and numerous small surface pits and trenches. The site presents multiple physical hazards, particularly the open shafts, which at the time the inventory [9/1993] were almost completely unprotected. The remote location alone prevents this site from being rated a hgh potential physical hazard." (Martin, 1994, p. 31)

Comments on development

  • ADITS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FERNEY GULCH WERE DRIVEN IN EXCESS OF 100 FEET AND CONTAIN WINZES OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

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, 25 TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE, GREATER GREEN RIVER BASIN, p. 139-147.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 139.

  • 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).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NUGGET SANDSTONE IS HIGHLY FRACTURED APPARENTLY AS A RESULT OF MOVEMENT ALONG A SMALL DISPLACEMENT FAULT WITH IT'S NORTH BLOCK DISPL ACED DOWN
Deposit THE STRATIGRAPHIC HORIZON OF MINERALIZATION IS IN THE TOP 50 FEET OF THE NUGGET SANDSTONE

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

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