The Colorado Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Colorado Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colorado Mine
Secondary: Boston
Secondary: Rising Sun
Secondary: Wyoming Queen Company Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Jelm Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Wyoming Queen Co.
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: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Uplifted Fault Block; Thrust Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BOSTON SHAFT DEVELOPED ON A GOLD VEIN. RISING SUN DEVELOPED ON A VEIN PARALLEL TO THE OTHER TWO CONTAINING GALENA WITH GOLD AND SILVER.
Comment (Workings): BOSTON SHAFT 80 FT DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW RI 23, P. 48
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 38
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