The Home Guard Nos. 1, 2, and 3 claims is a iron mine located in Crook county, Wyoming.
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Home Guard Nos. 1, 2, and 3 claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Home Guard Nos. 1, 2, and 3 claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Crook
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ralph Redlin and R.E., Kahnke
Home Office: Watertown, SD
Info Year: 1953
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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 (Deposit): From p. 20 of the DMEA Docket 2670: "Several ton[s] of ore have been removed and the ore is of a very good grade. Several assays of the ore have ben obtained and the assays show the iron content to range from 56% to 59.6%" "Some exploration work has been done on the claims described in the contract and iron ore veins have been discovered. One tunnel back into a hill has been carried a distance of about 30 ft and it looks as though there is a very good iron ore deposit. The tunnel has caved in because of the overburden."
Comment (Geology): Area is underalin by Mississippian Pahasapa Limestone and locally overlain by Pennsylvanian Minnelusa Sandstone. The sandstone is stained with iron giving it a brick-red color (p. 52).
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 2670, 93 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2670_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2670_DMEA.pdf
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