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Pyramid Mine

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  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 10080900
MRDS ID W032430
MAS/MILS ID 0560010196
Record type Site
Current site name Pyramid Mine
Alternate or previous names War Bonnet Group, Pyramid Group, Pyramid Vein - Warbonnet Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.69118, 42.39024 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position NW4 of NW4 of Sec. 23.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

School Section Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glendo Reservoir(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 028N 074W 23 NW OF NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result THE ROCK ON THE DUMP CONTAINED 5% CU.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.69118, 42.39024
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 53 E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Esterbrook Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Medicine Bow

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SECOND, NEARBY SHAFT CONTAINED DISSEMINATED PHYRRHOTITE IN SCHI ST WITH NO CU MINERALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, W.H, 1966, GEOL SURV WYOMING BULL 50, p. 39.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 30FT SHAFT ON A PYRAMID SHAPED VEIN 5% COPPER IN SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines deleted record 0560010196 = 10229762.
Editor 02-FEB-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey deleted old MAS record 0560010196 = newMRDS10229762.

Beyond USGS

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

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