Mine detail: Ferris-Haggarty Mine

Previously called 'Osceola (to the S), Olive D. Lode (to the SW), Half Moon Lode (to the SE)Rudefeha MineRudefeha shaftRudefeha, Rudefeha W. Extension, Rudefeha E. Extension, Doyle (to the NW), Jordan (to the NE)Ferris-Haggerty'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.18446, -107.07115

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Bornite, Covellite, Cuprite, Pyrite, Malachite, Chrysocolla
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Massive sulfide
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1897-1908 (approx), revived briefly in the 1970s(?)

Geology

Host rock:	Deep Lake Group
Host type:	Quartzite

References

MRDS	W900043
MAS	560070661
DEP	10303371
Reference	{Deposit:: Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 74-82.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 15.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, 229 p.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyomin * precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 154.}{Deposit:: WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES}{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 46-47.}
Reporter	Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center, South Dakota School of Mines