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Lone Fisherman No. 1 Lode

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400293
MRDS ID W900253
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Fisherman No. 1 Lode
Alternate or previous names North Fork Mine

Comments on the site identification

  • Do not confuse North Fork Mine with North Fork Group.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.95556, 41.05167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2585
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Digitized from shaft on 24K topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 13N 85W 33 NW NW SE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.95556, 41.05167
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name 3 mi. S. of E-W trending Roaring Fork Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure name 7.5 mi. S. of E-W trending Cheyenne Belt

Comments on the geologic information

  • host rocks are mixed metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks
  • Local Structures: NW-trending, steeply SW-dipping mixed metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner North Fork Copper Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings shaft

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Location

    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.

  • Geology

    Houston and Graff, 1995, USGS I-2452

  • Deposit

    Spencer, 1904, USGS PP-25, pl. 2, #15.

  • Deposit

    Graff, 1978, Univ. of Wyo., PhD dissertation

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2009-02-06 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey revised 16-oct-2012

Beyond USGS

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

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