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Kansas Group Mine

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100255
MRDS ID W032417
Record type Site
Current site name Kansas Group Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.21701, 41.11053 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEYSTONE ON LAKE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foxpark(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 013N 079W 12 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result YIELDED SOME AU VALUES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Upper Miocene Rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S 70 E
    Dip S
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIFTED FROM A SHAFT TO INTERSECTION OF THE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 40

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 29-30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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