The Cockscomb Prospect

The The Cockscomb Prospect is a copper mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: The Cockscomb Prospect  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Lincoln

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 41.60917, -110.98139

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The Cockscomb Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: The Cockscomb Prospect
Secondary: The Cockscomb
Secondary: Cockscomb


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln


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: Middle Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Overturned Anticline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Copper


Comments

Comment (Geology): Osterwald and others p. 56: "Gray sandstone in the Beckwith formation contains copper carbonates at 3 places along the axis of an overturned anticline". But, citing Veatch, 1907, they say "copper is in a yellow standstone in the Twin Creek Formation".

Comment (Location): Location was extremely misplaced. In OFR 01-497, it was close to -110.82 41.91547. This is about 22 mi too far to the NNE. Location given in Bull. 50 is T19N, R120W, 25 mi. north of Evanston and 5 mil from Bear River. However, the source of the information is Veatch, 1907, USGS PP-56, p. 163 and plate XXIII. In that publication the location of Cockscomb is T19N, R119W, Secs. 22, 23, 26, 27, and 35. The location of the first 4 common section corners is about -110-57-48, 41-36-30. Comparing the 1907 map with modern topos indicates the name of the mountain was changed from Cockscomb to Sawtooth Mountain.


References

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 56.

Reference (Deposit): Veatch, 1907, Geography and geology of a portion of southwestern Wyoming with speacial reference to coal and oil: USGS PP-56, p. 163, pl. XXIII.


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