Douglas Mine

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Cobalt
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100253
MRDS ID W032391
MAS/MILS ID 0560010125
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas Mine
Alternate or previous names Morning Star Claim 1868, 1871: Douglas Gold and Copper Company
Included sites Keystone Mining District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.27424, 41.19636 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(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)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt 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 Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 079W 09, 10 SE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • WEST BANK OF DOUGLAS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.27424, 41.19636

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Douglas Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Medicine Bow National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.H., and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, 287 p.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 26-27.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.

  • Deposit

    COALSON,THE GEOL OF THE NEW RAMBLER MINE AREA M.S.THESIS,U.W

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 FT WIDE AT 35 FT LEVEL. 3 VEINS AT A LOWER LEVEL WERE 6 IN-2 FT , 2-3 FT, AND 1 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560010125 = newMRDS 10302725
Editor 21-JAN-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560010125 = newMRDS 10302725, merged and deleted.

Beyond USGS

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

External references