| Deposit ID | 10157766 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070393 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sunday Morning Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Sunday Morning Mine |
| Related records | 10080793 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.02306, 42.18917 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2548 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | Shaft on topo mislabeled Sunday Morning Mine. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bradley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pathfinder-Seminoe Reservoirs(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)
Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 026N | 085W | 29 | C of S2 of SE | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | Hausel (1994, RI-50), sample 46a, p. 24: 1 ft. channel across Cu-stained shear: 45.4 ppm Ag, 0.07 ppm Au, 1.8% cu, 220 ppm Pb, 47 ppm Zn. |
|---|---|
| Result | Hausel (1994, RI-50), sample 47a, p. 24: Grab Cu-stained quartz, Sunday Morning prospect: 26.9 ppm Ag, 2.1 ppm Au, 5.8% Cu, 1,970 ppm Pb, 140 ppm Zn. |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite |
| Rock unit name | Sunday Morning Creek metavolcanics |
| Main Entrance (1) | Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Hydrous iron oxide-filled boxwork structure. |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Seminoe District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070393 |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 83-84. [incorrectly labels this the Mine when it is, in fact, the Prospect in Sec. 29]
Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, p. 62. [Incorrectly labels this the Mine when it is, in fact, the Prospect in Sec. 29]
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 153.
Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 150. [Incorrectly mixes up the Mine and Prospect. Use the sections to get the right Sunday Morning.]
Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, p. 25.
Bishop, 1964, Retrogressive metamorphism in the Seminoe Mountains, Carbon County, Wyoming: Univ. of Wyoming M.S. thesis, p. 40, pl. 1. [Misidentifies the Sunday Morning Prospect as the Sunday Morning Mine on p. 40. Appears to describe the Sunday Morning Prospect.]
Klein, 1980, The geology and geochemistry of the sulfide depoists of the Seminoe district, Carbon County, Wyoming: Colo. School of Mines PhD dissertation, p. 58, pl. 1.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A white to rusty, massive, southesast trending quartz vein corps out in amphibolite schist. The vein bifurcates on the northwest and is locally characterized by boxworks. Free gold, chalcopyrite, malachite, cuprite, and chrysocolla occur on the mine dump. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1997-01-06 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-02-19 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | Original record may have referred to Sunday Morning Prospect (labeled Sunday Morning Mine) on the topo. ABW used existing MRDS record W032159 for the Mine, and 0570070393 for the Prospect. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.