Mine detail: Junk Creek Prospects

Previously called 'Junk Creek Shaft, Junk Creek Mines, Junk Creek area'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.20523, -107.0276

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Malachite, Bornite, Chrysocolla, Chalcopyrite, Covellite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS560070354
DEP10205696
Reference{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 44.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyomin* precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 149.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 153.}{Deposit:: Klein, 1981, Colo. School of Mines, PhD thesis, p. 57-58, plate.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, p. 25.}
ReporterWilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)