Copper Chief Gold Mine

Occurrence in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Garnet, Gold
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278857
MAS/MILS ID 0560131022
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Chief Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.68962, 42.52354 (WGS84)
Elevation 2532
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Delight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(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 029 N 099 W 05 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Secondary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -108.68962, 42.52354

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATION TAKEN AT BORDER OF SEC 5 T29N R99W AND SEC 32 T30N

  • Deposit

    R99W - 3 MILES NE OF ATLANTIC CITY EXACT LOCATION IS NOT

  • Deposit

    CLEAR

  • Deposit

    JADE IS REPORTED IN MINE

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV BULL 50 1966 P 139

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-1997 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references