The Deserted Treasure No. 2 Mine is a gold mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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Deserted Treasure No. 2 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deserted Treasure No. 2 Mine
Secondary: Ernst
Secondary: Penn Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Seminoe District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal vein
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1873
Year Last Production: 1896
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: pods
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: chlorite, epidote, calcite
Rocks
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Archean
Age Old: Archean
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Archean
Age Old: Archean
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HAUSEL, 1994, REPORTS SELECTED DUMP SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.87 TO 89.3 PPM AU, LESS THAN 2 TO 18 PPM AG AND 0.06 TO 0.39% CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION FROM FIELD STUDIES OF T.L. KLEIN, 1981
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, p. 3, 23, 25.
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