Tennant Property

The Tennant Property is a silver, copper, gold, and lead mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,281 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Tennant Property
Secondary: Tennant Creek Area
Secondary: Tennant Claim

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead

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: Prospect
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: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: On the Au-Ag-Pb vein in Sec. 21, THE HIGHER VALUES WERE FOUND IN THE QUARTZ, BUT SOME OF THE SCHIST ASSAYED $2.50 TO $3.70 OF GOLD PER TON (1927 prices). THE QUARTZ CONTAINED AU, AG, AND PB AND ASSAYED FROM $15.00 TO $112.00 PER TON (1927 prices).

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Lead
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 3 QUARTZ VEINS LIE WITHIN THE SCHIST AND ARE PARALLEL TO ITS STRIKE.

Comment (Identification): In the 1966 and earlier literature Tennant Creek area in Sec. 21 and Tennant Property in Sec. 22 were discussed separately. Beginning with Hausel's 1989 Bulletin, they are discussed together.

Comment (Identification): "The claim is located on a body of schist 500 ft. wide." This suggests that the Tennant Creek Area is a claim. (However, this does not suggest that the ore body is 152.3 meters wide, so this was corrected to the 6 ft. width of the vein.)

Comment (Location): Sections 21 and 22 and the propects on the topo within those sections are NOT in Tennant Creek. Prospects in Sec. 21 are on eithe rside of the ridge drained by Cushman Creek and North Fork. Shafts shown on the topo in Secion 22 drain inot a tributary ot Cushman Creek.

Comment (Location): Used the shaft north of the road near the center of Sec. 22 as the lat/long coordinate for Tennant Propery. Used the southeastern of 2 prospects in Sec. 21 as the location of Tennant Creek area.

Comment (Production): 6 tons ore netted $400 in copper at $0.20/lb in Sec. 22.

Comment (Analytical Data): In Sec. 21, veins assayed $15 - $112/ton of combined Au, Ag, Pb (1927 prices).

References

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 158.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 178.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 78.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 84

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