Copper Rock Group

The Copper Rock Group is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,364 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Rock Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): approx CENTROID of 6 claims covering 120ac (includes patented claims) based on historic descriptions of these and surrounding properties. Klein places the centroid at 41-9-10.4 N, -106-57-3.6 W. He does not use the shaft in Sec. 27 as the location at 41-9-24 N and 106-56-12 W.

Comment (Workings): 3 shafts. Middle shaft intercepted Cu-sulfides at depth.

Comment (Geology): Mafic dike in schist, slate, and quartzite.

Comment (Location): MAS assumed Copper Rock is the shaft south of the highway, immediately south of BM 9365, in the middle of the north half of Sec. 27. Klein (W900placed the centroid of the 6 claim block farther west. ABW moved location to agree with Klein.

References

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 42, 105.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 165.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 46, 117.

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