The Century Group is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,278 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: 9,278 Feet (2,828 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.04861, -106.96194
Map: View on Google Maps
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Century Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Century Group
Secondary: Claims include: Century Lode, Iron Duke #1, Iron Duke #2, Extension of Hinton-Verde
Secondary: Century Group 1
Secondary: Century Group 2
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
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: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 50 ft. shaft
Comment (Geology): associated rocks: altered hornblende schist and diorite.
Comment (Deposit): Gossan (containing copper-carbonates, limonnite and hematite) overlies the ore.
Comment (Deposit): Stratabound
Comment (Orebody): Ore strikes NW, dips steeply SW.
References
Reference (Geology): Houston and Graff, 1995, USGS Map I-2452.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 163.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 42.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 45.
The Top Ten Gold Producing States
These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.
