The Ferney Gulch Mine is a zinc, copper, arsenic, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Silver
Lat, Long: 42.35, -110.79167
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Ferney Gulch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ferney Gulch Mine
Secondary: Lake Alice District
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
District: Lake Alice District
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: Bridger National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
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: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northerly Trending Low-Angle Absaroka Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Small Displacement Fault With Movement Down On The North Block.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CU 20000 PPM, ZN 26000 PPM, AG 15 PPM, AS 7000 PPM, BA 5000 PPM, C O 700 PPM, PB 500 PPM, MO 70 PPM
Comment (Location): R. 117 1/2 W.
Comment (Development): ADITS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FERNEY GULCH WERE DRIVEN IN EXCESS OF 100 FEET AND CONTAIN WINZES OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
Comment (Deposit): THE NUGGET SANDSTONE IS HIGHLY FRACTURED APPARENTLY AS A RESULT OF MOVEMENT ALONG A SMALL DISPLACEMENT FAULT WITH IT'S NORTH BLOCK DISPL ACED DOWN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC HORIZON OF MINERALIZATION IS IN THE TOP 50 FEET OF THE NUGGET SANDSTONE
Comment (Workings): "This copper and silver prospecting area consists of 5 open or partially collapsed adits, 2 open shafts, and numerous small surface pits and trenches. The site presents multiple physical hazards, particularly the open shafts, which at the time the inventory [9/1993] were almost completely unprotected. The remote location alone prevents this site from being rated a hgh potential physical hazard." (Martin, 1994, p. 31)
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVE, J.D., AND ANTWEILER, J.C., 1973, COPPER, SILVER, AND ZINC IN THE NUGGET SANDSTONE, WESTERN WYOMING: WYO. GEOL. ASSOC. GUIDEBOOK, 25 TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE, GREATER GREEN RIVER BASIN, p. 139-147.
Reference (Deposit): Martin, Clay M., 1994, Abandoned mine lands inventory of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming: USBM unpublished report for US Forest Service (3-ring binder, 34 p. text, 28 2-page site reports, some with photos).
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 136.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 139.
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