The Boston-Wyoming Smelter and Concentrating Mill (Facility) is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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Boston-Wyoming Smelter and Concentrating Mill (Facility) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston-Wyoming Smelter and Concentrating Mill (Facility)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Operation Type: Processing Plant
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 (General): Mill has been long gone as of 2010. No good descriptions of the location could be found in the general mining literature. Perhaps someone at the local Mining Museum knows the exact location. No workings are readily visible. Plant has been gone for many decades.
References
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.
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