Penn Mines

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400298
Record type Deposit
Current site name Penn Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -107.03861, 42.1675 (WGS84) 2499 Deserted Treasure #2 adit
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Main Entrance -107.04083, 42.16778 (WGS84) 2512 Deserted Treasure #2 adit

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pathfinder-Seminoe Reservoirs(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.03861, 42.1675
Main Entrance (2) -107.04083, 42.16778

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, p. 23-25, pl. 1.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: WGS bull. 68, 248 p.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal depositis of Wyoming: WGS Bull. 70, 229 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2009-03-13 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references