The Louise Mine is a copper mine located in Laramie county, Wyoming.
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Louise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Louise Mine
Secondary: Silver Crown Mining District
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Laramie
District: Silver Crown District
Land Status
Not available
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
Type: R
Description: Laramie Range
Type: L
Description: Faulting, Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): A.B. Wilson deleted Ore Materials Copper, Gold, and Silver. Mineralogy is much more complex, no native metals are present. See write up in Klein's PR-14 for details about the district, but not specific about the Louise Mine.
References
Reference (Deposit): Klein, Terry, 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the Silver Crown mining district, Larmie County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming PR-14, 27 p, 2 pls.
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