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Louise Mine

Past Producer in Laramie county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081165
MRDS ID W032901
MAS/MILS ID 0560210050
Record type Site
Current site name Louise Mine
Included sites Silver Crown Mining District
Related records 10254425

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.194, 41.136 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Shaft shown on pl 1 of Klein (1974, PR-14) and transferred to topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laramie(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hecla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crow(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Laramie

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 070W 35 E2 of SE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.194, 41.136
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Laramie Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting, Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • A.B. Wilson deleted Ore Materials Copper, Gold, and Silver. Mineralogy is much more complex, no native metals are present. See write up in Klein's PR-14 for details about the district, but not specific about the Louise Mine.

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 Silver Crown District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Klein, Terry, 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the Silver Crown mining district, Larmie County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming PR-14, 27 p, 2 pls.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Palm, Michael L. (Barari, Rachel A.) South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 05-AUG-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560210050 = newMRDS 10208181, merged and deleted.
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560210050 = newMRDS 10208181

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