| Deposit ID | 10157071 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070131 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Creek Mine |
| Included sites | BIg Creek Pegmatite Area |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.5043, 41.1155 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2365 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | Adit is mislabeled "Platt Mine" on topo. But the location is excellent. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Trent Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 013N | 081W | 9 | NW4 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Model code | 32 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 13 |
| Deposit model name | Pegmatites |
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.5043, 41.1155 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Big Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Lessee |
|---|---|
| Owner | American Mining and Development Co. |
| Home office | Newcastle WY, and Washington, DC. |
| Year | 1953 |
| Type | Lessor |
|---|---|
| Owner | R.H. Platt |
| Home office | Encampment, WY |
| Year | 1953 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070131 |
AEC PRELIM.FIELD INV., AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
R. E. PLATTE, ENCAMPMENT, WYO. 9-18-73
Hausel and Sutherland, 2000, WGS Bull. 71, 268 p.
Osterwald and others, 1966, WGS Bull. 50, p. 45.
Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.
Houston, R.S., 1961, The Big Creek pegmatite area, Carbon County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Preliminary Report No. 1., 11 p., 1 pl.
DMEA Docket No. 3092, 51 p. http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/3092_DMEA.pdf
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "Some of the best copper specimens of massive chalcocite and bornite found in the state have come from this mine. The deposit occurs in a pink granite pegmatite. This pegmatite also contains common terminated quartz prisms. Much of the quartz is translucent, but specimens of excellent, trasnparent quartz similar to those found in Hot Springs County, Arkansas, are also found and relatively common." (Bull. 71, p. 217) |
| Deposit | "A 'pegmatite vein,' probably quartz, contains chalcocite, baronite. Chalcopyrite and azurite, and an occasional phantom smoky quartz crystal. Crystalized garnets have been found 'a short distance up the hill'." (Bull. 50, p. 45) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2010-06-18 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | revised 12-jan-2012 |
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