The French Joe Prospect is a copper mine located in Converse county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,581 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,581 Feet (2,006 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 42.46639, -105.56944
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French Joe Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: French Joe Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Converse
District: La Prele mineralized area
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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Malachite
Trace: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): "A schist lens in granite encloses a series of northeast trending quartz stringers. The stringers enclose pieces of schist and contain limonite stains, some malachite and azurite, together with small amounts of pyrite and copper sulfides."
Comment (Location): Terry Klein placed the location at adit in center of W2 of Sec. 23.
Comment (Deposit): Prospect includes 2 lodes: Eureka and Copper King. Workings include a 60 ft. shaft and open cuts.
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 50, 121.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1985, Saddleback Mountain topo quad|Snyder, 1992, USGS I-2231|Love and Christiansen, 1985, WYO. state geol. map
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 46, 109.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 85.
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