Mine detail: Deserted Treasure No. 2 Mine

Previously called 'Ernst, Penn Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.16745, -107.03927

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite
Orebody form:	pods
Discovery year:	1871

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal vein
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1873
Last production ended:	1896

Geology

Host rock:	Sunday Morning Creek metavolcanics
Associated rock:	Bradley Peak ultramafic rocks

References

DEP	10400302
Reference	Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, p. 3, 23, 25.