The Jelm Mountain District is a copper and gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Jelm Mountain District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jelm Mountain District
Secondary: includes Annie Mine, Barber Mine, Boston shaft, Colorado shaft, Copper Queen mine, and Rising Sun claim
Secondary: Bramel Mining district
Secondary: Jelm Mountain area
Secondary: Old Cumins City Area
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Jelm Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Bismuth
Ore: Copper
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Identification): includes Annie Mine, Barber Mine, Boston shaft, Colorado shaft, Copper Queen mine, and Rising Sun claim
Comment (Production): "the distrcit gained much of its reputation through various mining scams and frauds. Actual production was minimal."
Comment (Geology): Many copper prospects in quartz veins, shear zones, pegmatite, and gneissic bodies.
Comment (Development): RI-23 notes that the Wyoming Queen mining company includes 3 shafts: Colorado, Boston, and Rising Sun.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, p. 44, 46-48.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 120-124.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 37.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 112, 118-119.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 34.
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. 41-42.
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