Boston-Wyoming Smelter and Concentrating Mill (Facility)

Plant in Carbon 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. General comments
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400526
Record type Site
Current site name Boston-Wyoming Smelter and Concentrating Mill (Facility)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -106.78425, 41.21749 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Unknown. (Perhaps someone at the Mining museum in Encampment knows the exact location?)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encampment(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -106.78425, 41.21749

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic

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
General Mill has been long gone as of 2010. No good descriptions of the location could be found in the general mining literature. Perhaps someone at the local Mining Museum knows the exact location. No workings are readily visible. Plant has been gone for many decades.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2011-01-20 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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