| Deposit ID | 10279202 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W900219 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070456 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hinton-Verde Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Verde Mine, Hinton Mine ?, Verde-Hinton Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.97861, 41.05972 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2869 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | 7 mi. S. of old town of Battle. Shaft is labeled "Verde Mine" on topo. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Solomon Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Snake(hydrologic unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 13N | 85W | 32 | NENW | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Hedenbergite | Gangue |
| Result | Assay on mine dump: 2% Cu, 0.04% Zn, 0.15 opt Au, 0.05 opt Ag.\nAverage ore sample assayed 8.18% Cu, 0.02 opt Au. |
|---|
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.97861, 41.05972 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Verde Mining and Milling Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070456 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W900219 | Terry Klein's new record not yet in newMRDS. |
Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, AML Inventory, [undated]: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished and undated inventory available at the USDA Forest Service office in Saratoga, WY.
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 47, 108.
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 44, 100.
USGS 7.5 MIN TOPO MAP-SOLOMON CREEK
Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 25-26.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Ore is stratabound. |
| Deposit | Group of prospects dug in NW4 of SW4 of Sec. 33 exosed epidote-magnetite ehalite with disseminated sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and bornite. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-01-30 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | revised 16-oct-2012 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.