| Deposit ID | 10205696 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560070354 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Junk Creek Prospects |
| Alternate or previous names | Junk Creek Mines, Junk Creek area |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.0276, 42.20523 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2396 |
| Location accuracy | 50(meters) |
| Relative position | Shaft on Klein's thesis map. |
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 | 26N | 85W | 20 | C S2 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Result | Grab sample of Cu-stained quartz contained 1.2% Cu, 0.05 ppm Au, 1.4 ppm Ag, 6 ppm Ga.\nChip sample contained 0.78% Cu, 1.7 ppm Au, <0.05 ppm Au. |
|---|
| Main Entrance (1) | -107.0276, 42.20523 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Seminoe Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | shaft |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560070354 |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 44.
Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 149.
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 153.
Klein, 1981, Colo. School of Mines, PhD thesis, p. 57-58, plate.
Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, p. 25.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 28-JAN-09 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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