| Deposit ID | 10254317 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W900427 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070358 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lena Shields Group |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.01194, 41.19167 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2966 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | Near the head of the main fork of Cow Creek., Within about 1/2 mi., Within about 1/2 mi., Within about 1/2 mi. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bridger Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Baggs(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 14N | 86W | 12 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -107.01194, 41.19167 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1903 |
| District name | Encampment District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ben Hur Copper Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070358 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W900427 | Terry Klein's record not yet in the newMRDS database. |
Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, AML Inventory, [undated]: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished and undated inventory available at the USDA Forest Service office in Saratoga, WY.
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 49, 121.
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 45, 109.
Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 20.
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 174.
Graff, 1978, Univ. of Wyo., PhD thesis, 85 p.
Houston and Graff, 1995, USGS Map I-2452.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Klein (W900427) says patented claims cover the area. |
| Deposit | N70W-trending quartz vein 5-15 ft. wide contains limonite, azurite, malachite, and pyrite. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-01-28 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | revised 16-oct-2012 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.