Mine detail: Lake Creek Mine

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.12053, -106.22895
dep_id: 10080869
mrds_id: W032386
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue: Barite, Chlorite
orebody_fm: VEINS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching, Transport, And Deposition Of Ore
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Mylonite
arock_unit: Lake Owens Complex;Keystone Quartz Diorite
arock_type: Diorite,Pyroxenite
Structure: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
tectonic: Rocky Mountains
References:
  • 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.
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