Anaconda Mine

Occurrence in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400398
Record type Site
Current site name Anaconda Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.53976, 42.44213 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Propect shown on topo exactly as descibed in Hausel, 1989, p. 168. "W2SW4 sec. 34, T29N, R98W, at the junction of the Oregon Trail with a north-south jeep trail."

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radium Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N 098W 34 W2 of SW4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.53976, 42.44213

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Mining district

District name Lewiston District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1989, WGS Bull. 68, p. 168.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "The mine was developed on a N31E trending vertical shear that cuts foliation of the country rock at an acute angle." (Hausel, 1989, p. 168).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUN-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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