Mine detail: Elk Mountain mine

Previously called 'Elk Mountain District, M &
* Elk Mountain mine, Elk Mountain Prospect, M & M Elk Mountain Mine, Elk Mountain Mining and Milling Company'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.60885, -106.58758

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Limestone
Host type:	Limestone

References

MAS	560070328
DEP	10230492
Reference	{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 43, 174.}{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 40, 157.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyomin * precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 108-109.}{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 119.}{Deposit:: Harris, Hausel, and Meyer, 1985, Metallic and industrial minerals map of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Map Series 14, scale 1:500,000.}
Reporter	Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)