Three Cripples Mine

Prospect in Converse county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230065
MRDS ID W032145
MAS/MILS ID 0560090280
Record type Site
Current site name Three Cripples Mine
Alternate or previous names Esterbrook-Three Cripples Mine
Related records 10096569, 10205519

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.36111, 42.40126 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esterbrook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glendo Reservoir(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 Converse

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.36111, 42.40126

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WGS BULL. #50 APRIL 1966

  • Deposit

    FISSURE VEIN 3-5FT. WIDE CONTAINS GALENA,COPPER,SILVER,GOLD,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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