The Bucaneer Prospect is a copper mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Bucaneer Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bucaneer Prospect
Secondary: Portland Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): ASSOCIATED WITH 'DIORITE DIKES', SCHISTS AND GNEISS (ALL ARE CRUSH ED AND BROKEN)
Comment (Deposit): "An 8 ft vein of quartz cuts red granite and crops out for several hundred feet. The granite is associated with "diorite dikes," schists, and gneiss, all of which are crushed and broken. Locally the quartz outcrop contains malachite and azurite, and some masses of "iron and copper sulphide ores." This prospect is a part of the Portland Group." (Bull. 50, p. 41)
Comment (Geology): COPPER SULFIDES IN QTZ VEIN CUTTING RED GRANITE
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral resources of Wyoming: GSW BULL 50, P. 41.
Pages: p. 41.
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