The King Solomon Claim is a copper mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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King Solomon Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Solomon Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CU STAINS AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF NATIVE COPPER ARE IN ARKOSE BETWE EN GRANITE AND THE CASPER FORMATION
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 41
Reference (Deposit): GSW RI 23, P. 13
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