The Albion Mine is a gold, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,642 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,642 Feet (2,634 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 41.50333, -106.14583
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Albion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Albion Mine
Secondary: Albion Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Cooper Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Flat vein of frayed quartz.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Amphibolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Amphibolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Amphibolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.62 to 1.12% Pb, 0.05 to 0.7 opt Au, 1.66 to 2.83 opt Ag, 0.003 to 0.04% Cu, and trace Zn.
Analytical Data: Historic assays reported as high as 350 opt Ag, 9 opt Au, and 40% Pb.
Analytical Data: Selected samples assayed $85 to $110 in gold per ton (1896 prices) and 50 oz in silver per ton in addition to the lead.
Analytical Data: SECOND VEIN ROLL (DIPS EAST) GIVES 0.825% PB, 0.70 OZ AU, 2.20 OZ AG PER TON (1953). ASSAYS FROM A 5-9 FT WIDE CERUSSITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS 4-5.3 OZ AU, 50 OZ AG PER TON PLUS SOME PB.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): AT COOPER HILL, WEST SIDE. On east bank of East Fork.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN ROLLS (DIPS EAST) BETWEEN 70 AND 100 FT FROM PORTAL. (But there are 2 adits marked on Fig. 46, p. 107 of WSGS Bull. 70, and it isn't at all obvious to which portal this refers.)
Comment (Deposit): Description in 1966 WGS Bull. 50 only mentions one adit. Presumably this is the adit shown on the topo. That would mean the description of the vein roll 70-100 ft. from portal is also this adit.
Comment (Deposit): The most comprehensive description of the Albion Mine is in Hausel's 1994 RI-49. It is heavily based on a Schoen, Robert, 1953, Geology of the Cooper Hill district, Carbon County, Wyoming: Univ. of Wy MA thesis, 41 p.
References
Reference (Deposit): Schoen, Robert, 1953, Geology of the Cooper Hill district, Carbon County, Wyoming: Univ. of Wy MA thesis, 41 p.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1994, Geology and MIneralization of the Co9oper HIll Mining Dsitrict, Medicine Bow Mountains, southeastern Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 49, p. 13-15, pl. 1.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 106-107, 109, figs. 46, 47.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 82, 124-125,
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Report of Investigations No. 23, p. 40-43.
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