Mine detail: Cooper Hill District

Previously called 'Clara B. (Morgan) prospect, Copper Queen mine, Emma G. mine, Rip Van Winkle mine, Silver Queen, Silver King prospect, Little Ella-Senator Stewart mine, Richmond mine, Croesus tunnel, Copper Creek adit, Albion mine, Fox Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.48997, -106.14062

Resource

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Galena, Polybasite, Gold, Malachite, Cerrusite, Limonite, Bornite, Chrysocolla

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	schist, quartzite, meta-limestone, amphibolite
Host type:	Schist,Quartzite,Marble,Amphibolite

References

DEP	10400394
Reference	{Deposit:: Hausel, 1994, Geology and MIneralization of the Cooper HIll Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, southeastern Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 49, 22 p., pl. 1 (scale approx. 1:12,000).}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Report of Investigations No. 23, 71 p.}{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], 287 p.}{Deposit:: Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, 229 p.}{Deposit:: Schoen, Robert, 1953, Geology of the Cooper Hill district, Carbon County, Wyoming: Univ. of Wy MA thesis, 41 p.}
Reporter	Wilson, Anna B.