Mine detail: Columbine Mine

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.26441, -106.18868
dep_id: 10038159
mrds_id: M045450
mas_id: 560010119
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Platinum, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: VEIN, SHEAR ZONE
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching, Transport, And Deposition Of Ore In Mylonitic Rocks
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
tectonic: Rocky Mountains
disc_yr: 1927
References:
  • Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 11.
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 38.
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN* PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 94-95.
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