Mine detail: Cliff Mine

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.27608, -106.18506
dep_id: 10098383
mrds_id: M045453
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Platinum, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: VEINS
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching, Transport, And Deposition Of Ore
ore_ctrl: Fracture Pattern
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
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, 11.
  • Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 132-133.
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 37.
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN* PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 94.
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