Lake Alice District

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodity 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 10400389
Record type District
Current site name Lake Alice District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75, 42.375 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Hole Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton 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 Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75, 42.375

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on exploration

  • Exploration for silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the district in the mid 1980s by Bill Boberg.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 137-140.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 132-137.

  • Deposit

    ARMSTRONG, F.C., AND ORIEL, S.S., 1965, TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF IDAHO-WYOMING THRUST BELT: AAPG BULL, VOL 49, NO 11.

  • Deposit

    COKEUILLE REGISTER, AUGUST 14, 1915.

  • Deposit

    COKEVILLE REGISTER, NOVEMBER 13, 1920.

  • Deposit

    LOVE, J.D., AND ANTWEILER, J.C., 1973, COPPER, SILVER, AND ZINC IN THE NUGGET SANDSTONE, WESTERN WYOMING: WYO. GEOL. ASSOC. GUIDEBOOK, 25 TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE, GREATER GREEN RIVER BASIN, p. 139-147.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 52.

  • Deposit

    LLOYD, E.J., 1970, THE HISTORY OF COKEVILLE, WYOMING, UTAH STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS, LOGAN, UTAH, 160 P.

  • Deposit

    Boberg, W. W., 1983, Lake Alice Copper District, Lincoln County, Wyoming: Abstract in Geol. Surv. Wyoming Public Information Circ. No. 19, pp. 14-15.

  • Deposit

    Loose, Steven A., 1990, Ore mineralogy, paragenesis, source of metals, and timing of the mineralization of the Lake Alice Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn district in the Wyoming Thrust Belt, in Specht, R.W., ed., Wyoming Sedimentation and Tectonics: Wyoming Geological Association 41st Field Conference Guidebook, Aug. 17-23, Casper, Wyoming, p. 123-149.

  • Deposit

    Loose, S.A., and Boberg, W.W., 1987, Sedimentary facies control on mineralization at the Lake Alice District in the Wyoming Overthrust Belt, in Miller, W.R., ed., The Thrust Belt Revisited: Wyoming Geological Association 38th Field Conference Guidebook, Sept. 8-11, 1987, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, p. 309-327.

Comments on the references

  • Paper by Loose, 1990, is best summary of the district.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2010-06-15 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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