Mine detail: Kentucky Derby Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.28608, -106.18006

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Palladium, Osmium, Iridium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	VEINS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tectonite
Structure:	Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountains
Alteration processes:	Mineralized Zone Has Been Oxidized

References

MRDS	M045449
DEP	10098382
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.