Wind River

The Wind River is a molybdenum mine located in Sublette county, Wyoming.

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Site Name

Primary: Wind River
Secondary: Temple Pass
Secondary: Unidentified occurrence

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Sublette

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): "Molybdenite has been reported in quartz veins cutting granite in the Temple Pass area in the Wind River Range."

Comment (Location): D00718 stated that Temple Pass is a synonym for Temple Peak but it places the occurrence nearly 5 miles NW of Temple Peak. Temple Pass is not labeled on the topo map, but it is highly unlikely that it in 5 miles north on the Lizard Head Peak Quadrangle. Therefore, ABWilson moved the location of the unnamed occurence in the Temple Pass area south to the location of the unknown deposit at Temple Peak 0560350051. The description for both records D000718 (10230695) and 0560350051 (10008509) are the same, from p. 136 of Bull. 50.

References

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 136.

Reference (Deposit): OSTERWALD, F. AND OSTERWALD, D., 1952, WYOMING MINERAL RESOURCES: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 45, p. 112.

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