| Deposit ID | 10132774 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560070399 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Three Forks Group |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.02095, 41.01747 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2327 |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fletcher Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Baggs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Snake(hydrologic unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)
White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 12 N | 86 W | "somewhere in Secs. 11, 12, 13, 14" | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Quartz | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Ore Body (1) | -107.02095, 41.01747 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560070399 |
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 46 (copper), 78 (gold), 105 (hematite), 113 (lead), 158 (silver), 219 (zinc).
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 49 (copper), 84 (gold), 118 (hematite), 126 (lead), 174 (silver), 239 (zinc).
Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 158.
Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 178.
Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 25.
Gentry, D.W., 1976, Lead and zinc deposits in Colorado and Wyoming, Final Report: Unpublished report by Donald Gentry, Prinicpal Investigator, Miing Engineering Dept, Colorado School of Mines under USBM Grant #G0264005.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Gentry, 1976, lists the Three Forks Group as "secondary level", meaning it is a possible future producer of lead. There is no further discussion of the mine in the text. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 11-SEP-08 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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