The South Pass Mines is a tungsten mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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South Pass Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Pass Mines
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
District: Atlantic City - South Pass District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (General): It appears that this record is just a report that some tungsten has been reported in the district. There are no scheelite mines or prospects. "Scheelite has been found on the dumps of the Amanda, Hidden Hand, and Iron Duke mines (Bull. 50, p. 201)" in the Lewiston District.
Comment (Commodity): Tungsten is not mentioned in Armstrong's 1948 OFR.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, F.C., 1948, USGS OPEN FILE REPT. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1948/ofr_48_2.djvu]
URL: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1948/ofr_48_2.djvu
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (General): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, 287 p.
Pages: p. 201.
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