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Maudem Group Mine

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080887
MRDS ID W032416
Record type Site
Current site name Maudem Group Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.22229, 41.12164 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013N 079W 01 SW OF SW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ON LAKE CREEK 3 MILES ABOVE THE JUNCTION WITH DOUGLAS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Biotite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CONSIDERABLE GOLD VALUES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.22229, 41.12164
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Douglas Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Medicine Bow

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS AND 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 40

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 30-31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BIOTITE AND HORNBLENDE GRANITE AND GNEISS, INTERLAYERED WITH AN O CCASIONAL SCHIST LENS, ARE CUT BY A QUARTZ VEIN WHICH SHOWS HEAVY LIMO NITE AND COPPER STAINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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