Mine detail: Utopia Mine

Previously called 'Utopia Tunnels'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.28969, -106.1559

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Platinum
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED IN SHEAR ZONES AND VEINS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, Flat Fault
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountains

References

MRDS	M045446
DEP	10038156
Reference	{Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 10.}{Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 129.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN * PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 100.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Barari, Rachel A.