Mine detail: Kentucky Derby Mine

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.28608, -106.18006
dep_id: 10098382
mrds_id: M045449
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Platinum
Trace mineral: Palladium, Osmium, Iridium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
gangue: Limonite
orebody_fm: VEINS
alteration: Mineralized Zone Has Been Oxidized
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching, Transport, And Deposition Of Ore
ore_ctrl: Shears
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Tectonite
Structure: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, Shear Zones
tectonic: Rocky Mountains
References:
  • Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 9, 10.
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 36.
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN* PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 99.
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