Burr (lode) Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230223
MRDS ID D001382
MAS/MILS ID 0560131012
Record type Site
Current site name Burr (lode) Mine
Related records 10090610

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.54901, 42.41954 (WGS84)
Elevation 2240
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radium Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028 N 098 W 05,08 NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.54901, 42.41954

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Spencer, A.C., 1916, The Atlantic Gold District and the North Laramie Mountains, Fremont, Converse, and Albany Counties, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 626, 85 p.

  • Deposit

    Lemmon, D.M., and Tweto, O.L., 1962, Tungsetn in the U.S: USGS Map MR-25.

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV BULL #50 1966 P200

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCRS IN SMALL STRINGERS,VEINLETS,LENES,POD &SPECK
Deposit S. ASSAYS VARY FROM 2.5 TO 70% WO2
Deposit ENOUGH GOLD IS BELIEVED PRESENT TO PAY FOR MINING OPERATIONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-97 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 2016-03-14 Anna B. Wilson USGS

Beyond USGS

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