Mine detail: Blanche Mine

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.21803, -106.28619
dep_id: 10038155
mrds_id: M045445
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Palladium, Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Sperrylite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
other_matl: Pyrite
orebody_fm: VEINS
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching, Transport, And Deposition Of Ore
ore_ctrl: Gouge And Shear Zones
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Diorite,Gabbro,Gneiss
Structure: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
tectonic: Rocky Mountains
References:
  • Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACK, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 10.
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN* PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 126-128.
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