Creede Prospect

The Creede Prospect is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Creede Prospect
Secondary: Creede Property
Secondary: Creede Claim

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment District

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
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

Name: Norite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SCHIST CONTAINS PYRRHOTITE WHICH BEARS CU, NI, AND CO NEAR A LARGE DIKE OF NORITE. Schist stikes E-W, dips S.

Comment (Deposit): Contains magnetite and pyrrhotite-bearing copper, nickel, and cobalt with lesser chalcopyrite.

References

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 165.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 33, 43, 105, 107, 125.

Reference (Deposit): Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 86-87.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 12, 36, 46, 118, 139.

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