The Miners Delight Mine is a gold mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,491 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,491 Feet (2,588 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.53111, -108.68750
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Miners Delight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Miners Delight Mine
Secondary: Miners Delight Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Graphite
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
District: Atlantic City-South Pass District: Sweetwater District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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: Anticline To The North
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIKES WHICH CUT SCHIST,QUARTZITE AND SLATE. THE GOLD IS SCATTERED THROUGH THE MATRIX & IN CAVITIES. AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE IS EXTENSIVE.
Comment (Location): CENTER OF SECTION
Comment (Deposit): NATIVE GOLD IS SCATTERED THROUGH THE MATRIX AND IN CAVITIES. MAIN VEIN IS 3-14 FT WIDE. RI 23 SAYS DIP IS TO THE NORTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1980, Gold Districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Report of Investigations No. 23, 71 p.
Pages: p. 14.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, P. 86-87, 95.
Pages: p. 86-87, 95.
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