Mine detail: Centennial Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.29664, -106.15756

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Platinum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Epidote, Siderite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1876

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, Shear Zones Prominent
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountains

References

MRDS	M045447
DEP	10038157
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:: BEELER, H.C., 1906, MINERALS OF ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: LARAMIE REPUBLICAN CO. PRINTERS, P. 11}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN * PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 94.}{Production:: BEELER, 1906, P. 11}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.