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Silver Crown District

Producer in Laramie county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Platinum, Mercury, Titanium, Tungsten, Zinc, Palladium, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000972
MRDS ID M054827
Record type District
Current site name Silver Crown District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.189, 41.145 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE IN FOOTHILLS OF LARAMIE MOUNTAINS. AT LEAST PART OF DISTRICT IS WITHIN CURT GOWDY STATE PARK. LOCATION GIVEN IS on the hilltop at the COPPER KING MINE, ACC WITHIN DISTRICT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laramie(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hecla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crow(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Laramie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "Mercury has been reported to occur in minute quantities in the black ores in the western part of the Silver Crown district." (IC-8252, p. 373)

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) POTASSIC

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 78
USGS model code 20c
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Au
Mark3 model number 34
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.189, 41.145
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description PERVASIVE FOLIATION

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name SILVER CROWN DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner CALEDONIA RESOURCES
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 82-84.

  • Deposit

    OSTERWALD, F.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.W., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1959, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 131, 152.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BECKMAN, R.T., AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN OTHER STATES, COLORADO, MONTANA, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND WYOMING, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 373, 375.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 2011-08-04 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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