Mine detail: Silver Crown District

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Location: Laramie County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.14437, -105.14479
dep_id: 60000972
mrds_id: M054827
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Palladium, Zinc, Tungsten, Titanium, Mercury, Platinum, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PORPHYRY COPPER, HYDROTHERMAL
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
model: {78: Porphyry Cu-Au}{85: Polymetallic veins}
alteration: REGIONAL METAMORPHISM AT 1.7 GA. SILICIFICATION, POTASSIC, PROPYLITIC
conc_proc: SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT
ore_ctrl: STRUCTURAL CONTROLS PARALLEL TO REGIONAL FOLIATION OR IN TENSION FRACTURES
Structure: PERVASIVE FOLIATION
References:
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN* PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 82-84.
  • Deposit:: OSTERWALD, F.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.W., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1959, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 131, 152.
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: BECKMAN, R.T., AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN OTHER STATES, COLORADO, MONTANA, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND WYOMING, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 373, 375.
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