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Copper Rock Group

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205096
MRDS ID W900399
MAS/MILS ID 560070321
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Rock Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -106.95111, 41.15278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2854
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8 mi. west of Encampment.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(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 Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 14N 085W 27, 28 27: S2NW, NWSW; 28: S2NE, N2SE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • MAS assumed Copper Rock is the shaft south of the highway, immediately south of BM 9365, in the middle of the north half of Sec. 27. Klein (W900placed the centroid of the 6 claim block farther west. ABW moved location to agree with Klein.
  • approx CENTROID of 6 claims covering 120ac (includes patented claims) based on historic descriptions of these and surrounding properties. Klein places the centroid at 41-9-10.4 N, -106-57-3.6 W. He does not use the shaft in Sec. 27 as the location at 41-9-24 N and 106-56-12 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -106.95111, 41.15278
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Mafic dike in schist, slate, and quartzite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 shafts. Middle shaft intercepted Cu-sulfides at depth.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 46, 117.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 42, 105.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 165.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-12-01 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-10-31 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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