Mine detail: Utopia Mine

Previously called 'Utopia Tunnels'

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.28969, -106.1559
dep_id: 10038156
mrds_id: M045446
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Copper, Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED IN SHEAR ZONES AND VEINS
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching, Transport, And Deposition Of Ore
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Hornblendite
Structure: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, Flat Fault
tectonic: Rocky Mountains
References:
  • 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.
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