Mine detail: Ferney Gulch Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.34993, -110.79245

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Arsenic, Silver, Zinc
Secondary:	Cobalt, Barium-Barite, Lead
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Malachite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	early 1900s

Geology

Host rock:	Nugget Sandstone;Nugget Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Northerly Trending Low-Angle Absaroka Thrust Fault, Small Displacement Fault With Movement Down On The North Block.
Tectonic:	Overthrust Belt

References

MRDS	W032221
MAS	560230004
DEP	10096578
Reference	{Deposit:: LOVE, J.D., AND ANTWEILER, J.C., 1973, COPPER, SILVER, AND ZINC IN THE NUGGET SANDSTONE, WESTERN WYOMING: WYO. GEOL. ASSOC. GUIDEBOOK, 25 TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE, GREATER GREEN RIVER BASIN, p. 139-147.}{Deposit:: Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyomin * predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 136.}{Deposit:: Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 139.}
Reporter	Martin, Wilson, Anna B., Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.)