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Hamilton Group

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157264
MAS/MILS ID 0560070344
Record type Site
Current site name Hamilton Group

Comments on the site identification

  • Sunset Mine is labeled on topo in extreme NW corner of Sec. 36 with an open pit (crossed picks) symbol. No way to determine if this is part of Hamilton Group, but this is the location of the given coordinates. No evidence of ground disturbance on aerial imagery as of 2011.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -106.34133, 41.14497 (WGS84)
Elevation 2764
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Near Devils Gate, 6 mi. SW of Keystone., estimated 0.5 mi.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 14N 080W 36 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -106.34133, 41.14497
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 127.

  • Deposit

    BEELER H C 1907 UNPUBLISHED REPORT 93 GEOL SURV WYO, MRW-43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HUGE huge 2-mile long LEDGE OF ALTERED DIORITE hosted by granite and trends east-west. IN CONTACT WITH STAINED QUARtz.
Deposit Ore is limonite and cu-stained quartz
Deposit STAINS OF LIMONITE MALACHITE AND AZURITE nOTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 31-OCT-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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