Mine detail: Lake Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.12053, -106.22895

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Barite, Chlorite
Orebody form:	VEINS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Mylonite
Associated rock:	Lake Owens Complex;Keystone Quartz Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Pyroxenite
Structure:	Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountains
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W032386
DEP	10080869
Reference	{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN * PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 124-125.}{Deposit:: OSTERWALD, R.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 40.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 29.}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.