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Jelm Mountain

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Bismuth, Gold, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10302349
MRDS ID D001996
MAS/MILS ID 0560010149
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Jelm Mountain area
Current site name Jelm Mountain

Comments on the site names

  • This is an unknown or unnamed 200 ft. shaft in the Jelm Mountain area.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.98395, 41.0833 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Prospect on Folio 173.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jelm Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 13N 077W 24 NE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Bismuth Ore

Analytical data

Result Assays showed 60 to 80% bismuth.

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.98395, 41.0833
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jelm Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings shaft
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 22.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 20.

  • Deposit

    Darton and others, 1910, USGS Atlas Folio 173, p. 15.

  • Deposit

    Cooper, J.R., 1962, Bismuth in the U.S.: USGS MR-22, p. 13.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BISMUTITE FOUND IN A VEIN BETWEEN GRANITE AND SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-DEC-75 Miller, M.H. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 04-DEC-08 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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