Mine detail: North Fork Group

Previously called 'claims: North Fork, Tablespoon, Pease Properties'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.01525, -107.01565

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Silver, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Malachite, Azurite
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Sierra Madre Granite, Gabbro of Elkhorn Mountain
Host type:	Granite,Gabbro

References

MRDS	W032144
MAS	560070370
DEP	10230676
Reference	{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 48, 83, 121, 126, 174, 240.}{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 45, 77, 109, 113, 157, 219.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 175.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 21.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyomin * precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 157.}
Reporter	Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)