Bellamy Lake copper prospect

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10400520
Record type	Site
Current site name	Bellamy Lake copper prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates:	-106.30989, 41.34529 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	100(meters)
Relative position	50-100 yards (meters) NW of Bellamy Lake shoreline, on a contact between fractured Surgarloaf Quartzite and a mafic dike.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medicine Bow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Wyoming	Albany

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	Sample of chlorite schist contained:\n no Au, 0.02 opt Ag, and 0.04 % Cu.

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1)	-106.30989, 41.34529	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Hausel, W.d., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Fifty to 100 yeards NW of the lake shoreline is an old copper prospect located on a contact between fractured Sugerloaf Quartzite and a dike of mafic igneous rocks. Minor amounts of quartz with some chalcopyrite can be found in chlorite schist, which is part of the mafic dike. A sample of the schist contained no detectable gold, 0.02 ounce per ton silver, and only 0.04 percent copper. (PIC-32, p. 23)

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

Fifty to 100 yeards NW of the lake shoreline is an old copper prospect located on a contact between fractured Sugerloaf Quartzite and a dike of mafic igneous rocks. Minor amounts of quartz with some chalcopyrite can be found in chlorite schist, which is part of the mafic dike. A sample of the schist contained no detectable gold, 0.02 ounce per ton silver, and only 0.04 percent copper. (PIC-32, p. 23)

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	20-JAN-11	Wilson, Anna B.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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