The Carrie Shields Mine is a gold mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.46583, -108.78222
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Carrie Shields Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carrie Shields Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
District: Atlantic City - South Pass District: Sweetwater District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Mine Is Located Outside A Zone Of Major Faulting. Belt Of Fractures With Discontinuous Quartz Stringers.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): $35,000 (AU) PRODUCED
Comment (Deposit): SCHIST DIPS AT 85 S.
Comment (Workings): FEW HUNDRED FT OF DRIFTS. AN ADIT DRIVEN FROM THE DRAW TO THE SW INTERSECTS THE SHAFT 65 FT ABOVE ITS DEEPEST LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 86.
Reference (Deposit): GSW RI 23, P. 11-12.
Reference (Production): BULL 50, P. 86: GSW RI 23, P. 11.
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