The Yellow Bird Mine is a sulfur-pyrite and gold mine located in Laramie county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Yellow Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Bird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Laramie
District: Hecla District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
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: TRACES OF GOLD REPORTED
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Hornblende
Comments
Comment (Location): LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF HECLA
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 89
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