| Deposit ID | 10080869 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032386 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560010154 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lake Creek Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Lake Creek Mine |
| Included sites | Keystone District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.22895, 41.12053 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2621 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 7.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY, Est Within Quarter Section. "Lake Creek copper mine is located at the apex of the hill north of the village. (PIC-32, p. 40)" |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Albany(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Foxpark(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
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 | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 013N | 079W | 02 | SE4 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Rhodium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Result | ANALYSIS OF VEIN MATERIAL YIELDED: 1.5-84 PPM AG, 0.25 PPM PT, 0.04 PPM PD, TR RH |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite |
| Rock unit name | Lake Owens Complex;Keystone Quartz Diorite |
| Rock description | Lake Owens Complex;Keystone Quartz Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Tectonite > Mylonite |
| (1) | -106.22895, 41.12053 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone |
| General form | VEINS |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Keystone-Holmes Area; Douglas Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Medicine Bow |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 320.04M |
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032386 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560010154 | =newMRDS 10229438, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560010155 | =newMRDS 10205498, merged and deleted. |
HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 124-125.
OSTERWALD, R.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 40.
HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 29.
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.
Currey, D.R., The Keystone gold-copper prospect area, Albany County, Wyoming: Geological survey of Wyoming Preliminary Report No. 3, 12 p.
Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bulletin 70, 229 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT LIES WITHIN A SILICIFIED MYLONITE SEAMS WITHIN A BROAD E-W SHEAR ZONE; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE. |
| Deposit | COPPER-GOLD MINERALIZATION IN SILICIFIED MYLONITE SEAMS IN Shear zone. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-83 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-91 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 21-JAN-11 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 13-FEB-97 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0560010154 = newMRDS 10229438 and MAS 0560010155 = newMRDS 10205498. |
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