Mine detail: Gold Coin Prospect

Previously called 'also includes Blue Jay; Donation; Annex; Silver Queen; Maryanna; S.G. 427; S.G. 420, includes Emma G.; Clara B.; Minneapolis; King Soloman; Gold Coin; Gold Coin #s2-5'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.28413, -107.14815

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Lead, Gold
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	1 ft. wide calcite-quartz vein in N75E fissure, dipping steeply S.

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:

Diorite

References

MRDS	W900345
MAS	560070343
DEP	10254608
Reference	{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 47, 83, 62, 121, 125.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 170.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyomin * precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 155.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 16-17.}
Reporter	Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)