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Coantag Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096577
MRDS ID W032217
MAS/MILS ID 560230002
Record type Site
Current site name Coantag Prospect
Included sites Lake Alice District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.77806, 42.37528 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELECTRIC PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porcupine Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028 N 117 1/2 W 36 NENE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SAMPLE FROM OPEN ADIT CONTAINS 3,900 PPM CU, 2 PPM AG, AND 32 PPM Zn.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.77806, 42.37528
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possibly Petroliferous Brecciated Limestone And Dolomites Above Min Eralized Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Alice District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, ONE 50 FEET IN LENGTH AND THE OTHER CAVED
  • "The site consists of an 26-ft-long silver-copper prospect adit and associated dump on the hillside above Coantag Creek. The adit is relatively stable, but its portal is partially slumped in. The site presents the normal hazards associated with abandoned underground workings." (Martin, 1994, p. 30)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVE, J.D., AND ANTWEILER, J.C., 1973, COPPER, SILVER, AND ZINC IN THE NUGGET SANDSTONE, WESTERN WYOMING: WYO. GEOL. ASSOC. GUIDEBOOK, 25 TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE, GREATER GREEN RIVER BASIN, p. 140, 145.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 133, 135.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 138, 139.

  • Deposit

    Martin, Clay M., 1994, Abandoned mine lands inventory of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming: USBM unpublished report for US Forest Service (3-ring binder, 34 p. text, 28 2-page site reports, some with photos).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-11-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1993-03-19 Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-09-12 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 7/30/10

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