The Maudem Group Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Maudem Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maudem Group Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Douglas Creek District
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: Medicine Bow
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONSIDERABLE GOLD VALUES
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON LAKE CREEK 3 MILES ABOVE THE JUNCTION WITH DOUGLAS CREEK
Comment (Deposit): BIOTITE AND HORNBLENDE GRANITE AND GNEISS, INTERLAYERED WITH AN O CCASIONAL SCHIST LENS, ARE CUT BY A QUARTZ VEIN WHICH SHOWS HEAVY LIMO NITE AND COPPER STAINS
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS AND 2 ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW RI 23, P. 30-31
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 40
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