Umslopadus Group

The Umslopadus Group is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,379 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Umslopadus Group
Secondary: Unknown

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: hydrothermal vein
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

Type: R
Structure: 2 mi. NE of NW trending Cheyenne Belt

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Identification): Misindtified in original MAS record 0560070405 as part of the Umslopagus Group (misspelled Umslopadus) probably because it follows the entry for Umslopagus on p. 49 of Bull. 50 with only a PLSS location and no name.

Comment (Geology): "Crusts and stains of malachite occur on quartz and amphibolite fragments in a prospect pit." Bull. 50, p. 50.

References

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 27.

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

Reference (Deposit): |Ferris, 1964, Petrology and structure of the Precambrian rocks southeast of Encmapment, Wuyoming: Univ. of Wyo. PhD dissertation, 74 p.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 179.

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