The Unnamed Prospect is a palladium, copper, silver, gold, and platinum mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity: Palladium, Copper, Silver, Gold, Platinum
Lat, Long: 41.19722, -106.19806
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Palladium
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Keystone District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mullen Creek- Nash Fork Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5.5, 40 PPM PT (CONVERTED TO PPM FROM OZ/TON)
Analytical Data: 1.03, 30 PPM PD
Analytical Data: 0.01, 16.5% CU
Analytical Data: 0.69, 2.4 PPM AU
Analytical Data: ANALYSES OF TWO GNEISS SAMPLES COLLECTED IN PROSPECT PIT YIELDED: 2.4, 110 PPM AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS CENTER OF SECTION. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE.
Comment (Workings): A COUPLE PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT LIES NEAR BUT OUTSIDE OF MAFIC ROCKS THAT MAY BE PART OF LAKE OWENS COMPLEX
References
Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 125
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