The Big Chief Group is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,400 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: 9,400 Feet (2,865 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.17639, -107.00278
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Big Chief Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Chief Group
Secondary: Includes Claims: Big Chief, Little Chief, Franklin Fraction, Hawkeye
Secondary: May include the Continental Group
Secondary: May include the Merrill Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
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Ownership
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Production
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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
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): Merged info from old MAS 0560070304 (newMRDS # 10303659) and deleted. It appears to have been 2 records because the section numbers are across two townships Sec. 18 in R 85 and secs. 13 and 24 in 86W. This is an area, not a site record.
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 41.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 45.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 158.
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