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Poverty Mining Co.

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205085
MAS/MILS ID 560010003
Record type Site
Current site name Poverty Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.819, 42.23887 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABW moved 2 townships south to Mine Hill area near center of Sec. 10 from T28 to T26N as stated in Bull. 50. Many prospects shown on topo in sec 10 are barely visible on satellite imagery.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rogers Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Medicine Bow(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 026 N 075 W 10 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Chert Gangue
Barite Trace

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.819, 42.23887
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Economic information

Comments on the ore body information

  • Interestingly, Jones (Bull. 715-C, does not mention barite. Instead he discusses quartz crystals. Perhaps the barite wasn't yet recognized as barite at the time of the early exploitation of this property.

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE TABULAR CRYSTALS [of barite] IN VOGS IN ASSOC WITH MANGANESE OXIDE. (Bull. 50, p. 10)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Production years thru 1920

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Poverty Mining Co
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1974

Comments on the workings information

  • As of 1917, there were 6 claims with a tunnel, 190 ft. drift, and a connecting 25 ft. shaft.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING: WYO GEOLogical SURvey BULLetin 50, P. 10, 129.

  • Deposit

    Jones, E.L., 1921, A deposit of manganese ore in Wyoming: USGS BULL 715-C, P. 57-59/

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE-MINERAL RAW-MATERIAL COMPILATIONS BY MAX CRITTENDE, UNPUBLISHED REPORT USGS P31 (SOURCE OF RESOURCE & GRADE

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 4445 - SIMILAR TO JBC OXIDE TEST - NOT AMENABLE T

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Baer, Roger L. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-10-22 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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