The Gold Coin Prospect is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,724 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,724 Feet (2,659 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.28417, -107.14750
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Gold Coin Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Coin Prospect
Secondary: includes Emma G.; Clara B.; Minneapolis; King Soloman; Gold Coin; Gold Coin #s2-5
Secondary: also includes Blue Jay; Donation; Annex; Silver Queen; Maryanna; S.G. 427; S.G. 420
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
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
Owner Name: Exxon Corp.
Owner Name: John A. Rhone
Owner Name: Badger State Mining and Milling Co.
Owner Name: Gold Coin Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: 1 ft. wide calcite-quartz vein in N75E fissure, dipping steeply S.
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): two shafts; numerous overlapping claim boundaries are not known
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 47, 83, 62, 121, 125.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 155.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 170.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 16-17.
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