| Deposit ID | 10205227 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0560070375 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Portland Mine and Hercules Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Portland & Hercules Mines |
| Point of reference | Geographic coordinates: | Elevation | UTM | Precision | Relative position | Point location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Entrance | -106.98759, 41.14913 (WGS84) | 2966 | 10 | Portland Mine. 1/2 mi. South of Battle along the Huston-Standard Park Jeep trail. West of Hercules Mine., Within 10 Meters. | ||
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| Main Entrance | -106.98177, 42.14967 (WGS84) | 10 | Hercules Mine. 1/2 mi. South of Battle along the Huston-Standard Park Jeep trail. East of Portland Mine., Within 10 meters., Within 10 meters. | |||
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(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 | 14N | 85W | 30 | E2 SE | Wyoming |
| 6th Principal | 14N | 85W | 29 | W2 SW | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | A sample assayed 2.75% Cu. |
|---|---|
| Result | Another sample yielded 85 ppm to 3.2% Cu and 0 to 0.9 ppm Ag. |
| Result | Other samples ranged from .001 to 1.0 ppm Au, 0 to 0.30 ppm Pt, .002 to .02 ppm Pd. |
| Main Entrance (1) | Glacial deposits | |
|---|---|---|
| Main Entrance (2) | -106.98177, 42.14967 |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Encampment District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | Hercules shaft |
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | Portland Mine |
| Length | 149.35M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0560070375 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W900239 | Record submitted by Terry Klein is not yet in newMRDS. Hercules Mine. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W900440 | Record submitted by Terry Klein is not yet in newMRDS. Portland Mine. |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 49.
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 46.
Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 22.
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 176.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 10-FEB-09 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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