The Auburn Area Hot Springs is a geothermal and sulfur mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,070 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,070 Feet (1,850 Meters)
Commodity: Geothermal, Sulfur
Lat, Long: 42.83139, -110.99917
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Auburn Area Hot Springs MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Auburn Area Hot Springs
Secondary: Auburn Hot Springs
Secondary: Auburn Area
Commodity
Primary: Geothermal
Primary: Sulfur
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
District: Star Valley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: hot springs deposit
Operation Type: Surface
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: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sulfur
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SUBSURFACE TEMP 150 C. SURFACE TEMP 62 C. More than 100 VENTS. [moved from references table and edited to match info in Circ. 726]
Comment (Location): Location given in Circ. 726 in degrees and minutes as N-42-49.5 and W-111-0. Moved this record to same location as Auburn Area Hot Springs and the Hot Sulphur Spring labeled on the topo in sec. 23.
References
Reference (Deposit): "WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES" [copied from newMRDS #10303550, old MAS #0560230104)
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 190.
Reference (Deposit): Renner, White, and Williams, 1975, Hydrothermal Convection Systems, in White and Williams, eds., Assessment of Geothermal Resources of the United States--1975: USGS Circular 726, Table 5, p. 48-49.
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