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Kirwin District

Past Producer in Park county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001624
MRDS ID W002697
Record type District
Current site name Kirwin District
Alternate or previous names Kerwin Kirwin District, Kerwin, Kerwin District, Galena Ridge Tunnel (on PR-2) = Golden Ridge Tunnel (on topo), Longhorn Mine (on topo) = Long Horn Mine (on PR-2), Tumalum (also spelled Tumlum)

Comments on the site identification

  • Tumlum also spelled Tumalum (see Bull. 540)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-109.2833, 43.8833 (WGS84)
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Main Entrance -109.28, 43.901 (WGS84) 10 Iowa Mine adit on topo.
Main Entrance -109.28, 43.898 (WGS84) 10 Golden Ridge Tunnel (on topo) = Golden Ridge Tunnel (PR-2)
Main Entrance -109.283, 43.897 (WGS84) 10 Little Johnnie Mine adit on topo and PR-2
Main Entrance -109.285, 43.898 (WGS84) 10 Mendota Mine adit on topo and PR-2
Main Entrance -109.286, 43.898 (WGS84) 10 Manilla Mine adit on topo and PR-2
Main Entrance -109.292, 43.897 (WGS84) 10 Oregon Mine adit on topo and PR-2
Main Entrance -109.298, 43.896 (WGS84) 10 Anaconda Mine adit on topo and PR-2
Main Entrance -109.283, 43.885 (WGS84) 10 Longhorn Mine (=Long Horn) adit on topo and PR-2
Main Entrance -109.302, 43.877 (WGS84) 10 Molly Logan Mine adit on topo and PR-2
Main Entrance -109.295, 43.875 (WGS84) 10 Wolf Shaft on topo and PR-2
Main Entrance -109.3, 43.877 (WGS84) 10 Matuce (Mattice?) Tunnel on topo (not on PR-2)
Main Entrance -109.297, 43.863 (WGS84) 10 Bryan tunnel (in Cascade Creek). Adit shown but not labeled on topo.
Main Entrance -109.286, 43.866 (WGS84) 100 Bryan Mine. Adit shown but not labeled on topo, shown as a mine symbol (not adit) on PR-2.
Main Entrance -109.291, 43.871 (WGS84) 10 Unlabeld adit on topo. Not labeled on PR-2, but may be one of the mine symbols aligned with Wolf Shaft.
Main Entrance -109.267, 43.853 (WGS84) 10 Smuggler Mine. Adit on topo in Smuggler gulch is probably the same location as adit shown on PR-2.
Main Entrance -109.303, 43.873 (WGS84) 10 Tumlum. Unlabeled shaft on topo is probably shaft on PR-2.
Main Entrance -109.288, 43.886 (WGS84) 100 Probably the Rose Hannibal shaft. Prospect on topo corresponds with shaft on Bull. 540, fig. 8, p. 122.
Main Entrance -109.288, 43.886 (WGS84) 100 Probably the Rose Hannibal shaft. Prospect on topo corresponds with shaft on Bull. 540, fig. 8, p. 122.
Main Entrance -109.303, 43.873 (WGS84) 10 Shaft on topo corresponds to Tumlum (Tumalum) on PR-2.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Francs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

The Ramshorn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Greybull(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoshone 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 Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.2833, 43.8833
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Main Entrance (2) -109.28, 43.901
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Main Entrance (3) -109.28, 43.898
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Main Entrance (4) -109.283, 43.897
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Main Entrance (5) -109.285, 43.898
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Main Entrance (6) -109.286, 43.898
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Main Entrance (7) -109.292, 43.897
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Main Entrance (8) -109.298, 43.896
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Main Entrance (9) -109.283, 43.885
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Main Entrance (10) -109.302, 43.877
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Main Entrance (11) -109.295, 43.875
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Main Entrance (12) -109.3, 43.877
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Main Entrance (13) -109.297, 43.863
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Main Entrance (14) -109.286, 43.866
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Main Entrance (15) -109.291, 43.871
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Main Entrance (16) -109.267, 43.853
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Main Entrance (17) -109.303, 43.873
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Main Entrance (18) -109.288, 43.886
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Main Entrance (19) -109.288, 43.886
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Main Entrance (20) -109.303, 43.873
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name KERWIN KIRWIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.H., 1964, The Kirwin mineralized area, Park county, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Preliminary Report No. 2, 12 p., 2 pls.

  • Deposit

    Hewett, D.F., 1914, The ore deposoits of Kirwin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 540 p. 121-132.

Reporter information

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

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