Lake Creek Mines

The Lake Creek Mines is a copper mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,599 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lake Creek Mines
Secondary: Lake Creek Mine
Secondary: Keystone District

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Palladium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Keystone-Holmes Area; Douglas Creek 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.
Administrative Organization: Medicine Bow

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ANALYSIS OF VEIN MATERIAL YIELDED: 1.5-84 PPM AG, 0.25 PPM PT, 0.04 PPM PD, TR RH

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR JUNCTION OF LAKE AND MUDDY CREEKS WITH DOUGLAS CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS WITHIN LAKE CREEK RESORT. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE; SMALL PRODUCTION PRESUMED

Comment (Deposit): COPPER-GOLD MINERALIZATION IN SILICIFIED MYLONITE SEAMS IN Shear zone.

Comment (Workings): 75 ft shaft, 715 ft of crosscuts and drifts that were intersected by a 335 ft adit. (Bull. 68, p. 125)

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES WITHIN A SILICIFIED MYLONITE SEAMS WITHIN A BROAD E-W SHEAR ZONE; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, CROSSCUTS, DRIFT, ADIT

References

Reference (Deposit): Currey, D.R., The Keystone gold-copper prospect area, Albany County, Wyoming: Geological survey of Wyoming Preliminary Report No. 3, 12 p.

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. 40.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bulletin 70, 229 p.
Pages: p. 129.

Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 124-125.

Reference (Deposit): OSTERWALD, R.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 40.

Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 23, P. 29.

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