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Miners Delight Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Graphite
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080777
MRDS ID W032135
Record type Site
Current site name Miners Delight Mine
Alternate or previous names Miners Delight Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.68822, 42.53105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2588
Relative position 30 MILES SOUTH OF LANDER, WY

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 030N 099W 32 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Graphite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Miners Delight
    Rock description Miners Delight

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.68822, 42.53105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline To The North

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 55 SW
    Length 609.6M
    Width 4.27M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIKES WHICH CUT SCHIST,QUARTZITE AND SLATE. THE GOLD IS SCATTERED THROUGH THE MATRIX & IN CAVITIES. AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE IS EXTENSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Atlantic City-South Pass District: Sweetwater District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, P. 86-87, 95.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1980, Gold Districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Report of Investigations No. 23, 71 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NATIVE GOLD IS SCATTERED THROUGH THE MATRIX AND IN CAVITIES. MAIN VEIN IS 3-14 FT WIDE. RI 23 SAYS DIP IS TO THE NORTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-JAN-97 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560131085 = newMRDS 10157283
Editor 14-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560131085 = newMRDS 10157283, merged and deleted.

Beyond USGS

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

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