Mine detail: Bridger Mine

Previously called '(includes) Yankee Jack claim (Pat. #19645), (includes) Wicked Slope claim (Pat. #19649)'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.30576, -107.15145

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Gold
Secondary: Zinc, Copper
Tertiary: Nickel, Tellurium, Selenium
Ore: Galena, Chalcocite, Gold, Silver
Gangue: Quartz, Calcite
Discovery year: 1876

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS560070309
DEP10254793
Reference{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 45, 82, 125, 193.}{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 41, 76, 112, 173.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 159.}{Deposit:: Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 99-100.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyomin* precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 152.}{Deposit:: Wilson and others, 2001, USGS OFR-01-497.}
ReporterIntermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B.