The Warren Peaks Occurrence is a gold mine located in Crook county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Warren Peaks Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warren Peaks Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Crook
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Black Hills National Forest
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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO GOLD COULD BE DETECTED BY THE EYE, BUT SPECIMENS COLLECTED SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF A DECIDED TRACE OF GOLD, PROBABLY CONTAINED IN THE IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Workings): HALF A MILE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTRAL PEAKS, A GOLD BEARING LEDGE WAS DISCOVERED AND TRACED IN A NW-SE DIRECTION FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 84
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