The Colorado Belle Group is a copper and silver mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,959 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: 7,959 Feet (2,426 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.14972, -106.81806
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Colorado Belle Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colorado Belle Group
Secondary: Colorado Bell Group
Secondary: inlcudes Colorado Belle, Colorado Belle #2, Laura N., Beacon Hill, Pikes Peak, Arequia claims
Secondary: also includes South Wyoming Copper Co. (? in part).
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Home Run Copper Mining Co. (1906)
Info Year: 1906
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Claims include: Colorado Belle; Colorado Belle #2; Laura N.; Beacon Hill; Pikes Peak; Arequia; South Wyoming Copper Co. (? in part).
Comment (Deposit): Terry Klein submitted several deposits in this area to MRDS in 2000. Those records have not been incorporated into the database.
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 46.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 42.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 165, 180.
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