St Louis Mine

Occurrence in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090679
MRDS ID D002481
Record type Site
Current site name St Louis Mine
Alternate or previous names St. Louis Mines

Comments on the site identification

  • Shaft and adit shown and labeled on topo in extreme west edge of NW4 of Sec. 13.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -108.73822, 42.48827 (WGS84) 2423 10 Adit labeled on topo.
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Main Entrance -108.73794, 42.48827 (WGS84) 10 Shaft shown on topo is about 40 meters east of the adit.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlantic City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(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 029N 100W 14 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Geologic map lists only Au as commodity, no mention of manganese. Where did this info come from?

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.73822, 42.48827
Main Entrance (2) -108.73794, 42.48827

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlantic City

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Bayley, R.W., 1965, Geologic map of the Atlantic City quadrangle, Fremont County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey GQ-459, scale 1:24,000.

  • Geology

    Hausel, W.D., and King, J.K., 1985, Geologic map of the St. Louis mine: Geological Survey of Wyoming unpublished Mineral Report MR 85-1, scale 1:240.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-77 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-APR-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references