The Billie Class stamp mill and prospects is a gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Billie Class stamp mill and prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Billie Class stamp mill and prospects
Secondary: Lewis Lake prospects
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): Site visit 8/12-2010 by A.B. Wilson and W. Heran, USGS. Some timbers, a partly submerged iron wheel (apparently one of the two wheels shown in the photo in Hausel, 1993, p. 19, fig. 20), and a concrete footing (also visible in fig. 20) are about all that remain of the old mill. There are several small pits (perhaps caved shafts or adits) well within a hundred yards/meters or so to the west of the mill remains. Mill and all prospects are long since abandoned. Workings are located in a rusty shear zone, that has been referred to gossaniferous (Hausel, 1997, p. 129).
Comment (Location): Location by GPS on the remaining concrete footing by A.B. Wilson, 8/12/2010. Agrees very well with generalized location on p. 2 of Hausel, 1993.
Comment (Deposit): No visible ore minerals found during site visit (12-aug-2010).
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bulletin 70, 229 p.
Pages: p. 129.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.
Pages: p. 19, pls. 1 & 2.
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