Three Cripples Mine

Occurrence in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Nickel, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096569
MRDS ID W032145
Record type Site
Current site name Three Cripples Mine
Related records 10205519, 10230065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.367, 42.40135 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esterbrook(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 071W 16 NE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.367, 42.40135

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Esterbrook District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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