The Gertrude is a iron and copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,580 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,580 Feet (2,920 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Copper
Lat, Long: 41.1575, -106.95694
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Gertrude MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gertrude
Secondary: Gertrude Mine
Secondary: Gertrude Property Prospect
Secondary: Gertrude Claim
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Medicine Bow N.F.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. R. Crow Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sierra Madre Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Age Old: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: Hematite (gossan) bed assayed $7.00 /ton Au. [date unknown]
Analytical Data: MIN. EXAM. FS. 1962.
Analytical Data: Assays of 0.37 opt Au.
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): hematite is a gossan capping a copper deposit. At surface the gossan is 2.5 ft. thick, at 80 ft. it is 9 ft. thick.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 15-16.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 154-155.
Reference (Deposit): MIN. EXAM. FS. 1962.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 OTHER FS
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 170.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 47, 110.
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