Albany Mine

The Albany Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Albany Mine
Secondary: Keystone District

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Douglas Creek District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1903
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Covellite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): COVELLITE REPORTED AT A DEPTH OF 150 FT. (in a 360 ft. shaft) ON A NW ALBANY-CUPRITE MINERALIZED TREND THROUGH MOORE'S GULCH.

References

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: 71 p.
Pages: p. 25-26.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, 248 p.
Pages: p. 122.

Reference (Deposit): CURRY, D.R., 1965, The Keystone gold-copper prospect area, Albany County, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey PRELIMinary Report No. 3, 12 p.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, 287 p.
Pages: p. 39.

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