The Shirley Mountains Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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Shirley Mountains Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shirley Mountains Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
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: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): Location of tunnel in Sec. 3 is unknown. It is not shown on topo of Seminoe Dam NE. Lat/Long. coordinates are for near center of section.
Comment (Location): Tunnel somewhere in Sec. 3. Coordinates are for near center of section. However, air imagery display this ground as sedimentary. The granite outcrops to the north. Therefore, tunnel is likely in the NE4 of the section, east of Hanna Leo Rd.
Comment (Geology): "A tunnel was driven into granite 'with the hope of striking a gold or silver vein at depth.' A few quartz veins crop out in the vicinity." (Bull. 50, p. 83)
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 83.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 77.
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