Oriole Mine

The Oriole Mine is a copper mine located in Converse county, Wyoming.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Oriole Mine  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Converse

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 42.492, -105.80900

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Oriole Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Oriole Mine
Secondary: Oriole Group


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Converse
District: Esterbrook Area


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: Underground
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

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite


Comments

Comment (Geology): Red granite contains layers of schist, gneiss, and other rocks. Quartz veins and "dykes of diorite" cut the schists, and occasionally are altered and replaced by limonite and copper and iron sulfides. Copper carbonates stain some of the viens. Chalcopyrite was encountered at 75 ft." (Osterwald and others, Bull. 50, p. 51.)

Comment (Deposit): SIMILAR TO THE COPPER KING PROSPECT

Comment (Location): 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE COPPER KING LINE OF PROSPECTS


References

Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 51.
Pages: p. 51.


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