The Tenderfoot Prospect is a copper mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Tenderfoot Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tenderfoot Prospect
Secondary: War Bonnet Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Esterbrook Area
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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: High Plains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Outcrops Iron Stained
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): CONTAINED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE BELOW THE GOSSAN, AS WELL AS SI LVER AND GOLD. SULFIDE BELT NOT LESS THAN 2000 FT.
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE ESTERBROOK MINE. CENTER OF SECTION 3 ON A LIN E BETWEEN SECS. 3 AND 1
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 39
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