The Raven Group is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.25917, -106.37917
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Raven Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Raven Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: French Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: stratabound, vein, disseminated
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, Besshi
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: near vertical French Slate just N of NE-trending Mullen Ck-Nash Fork Shear
Type: R
Structure: NE-trending metamorphic rocks and shears
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: silica
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Proterozoic
Age Old: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: Selected sample yielded 6% Cu.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Geology): limonite and hematite stained siliceous zone along contact between altered graphitic schist and quartzite; siliceous material contains specks of copper; quartzite exhibits pyrrhotite and chalcocite; schist has disseminated sulfides
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 119-120.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 44.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 40.
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