The St Louis Mine is a gold and manganese mine located in Fremont county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,949 Feet (2,423 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Manganese
Lat, Long: 42.48833, -108.73750
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St Louis Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St Louis Mine
Secondary: St. Louis Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Fremont
District: Atlantic City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
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: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Identification): Shaft and adit shown and labeled on topo in extreme west edge of NW4 of Sec. 13.
Comment (Commodity): Geologic map lists only Au as commodity, no mention of manganese. Where did this info come from?
References
Reference (Deposit): Bayley, R.W., 1965, Geologic map of the Atlantic City quadrangle, Fremont County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey GQ-459, scale 1:24,000.
Reference (Geology): Hausel, W.D., and King, J.K., 1985, Geologic map of the St. Louis mine: Geological Survey of Wyoming unpublished Mineral Report MR 85-1, scale 1:240.
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