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Carrie Shields Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080765
MRDS ID W032119
Record type Site
Current site name Carrie Shields Mine
Related records 10181575

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.78294, 42.46577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Pass City(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 029N 100W 21 SE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.78294, 42.46577
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Mine Is Located Outside A Zone Of Major Faulting. Belt Of Fractures With Discontinuous Quartz Stringers.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 E
    Dip 65 S
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlantic City - South Pass District: Sweetwater District

Comments on the production information

  • $35,000 (AU) PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • FEW HUNDRED FT OF DRIFTS. AN ADIT DRIVEN FROM THE DRAW TO THE SW INTERSECTS THE SHAFT 65 FT ABOVE ITS DEEPEST LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 11-12.

  • Production

    BULL 50, P. 86: GSW RI 23, P. 11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHIST DIPS AT 85 S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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