Jesse Prospect

The Jesse Prospect is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,228 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Jesse Prospect  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Carbon

Elevation: 8,228 Feet (2,508 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 41.0211, -106.85170

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Jesse Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Jesse Prospect
Secondary: Umslopagus Group
Secondary: Scott Mine
Secondary: Unknown


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Structure: NW trending foliation; NW trending fault LESS THAN 0.5 mi. toSW


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Identification): This is an Unknown site, not part of the Umslopagus Group. It was misidentified in the original MAS database (0560070401) as Umslopagus because it is after that site in Bull. 50 but identified only by PLSS location and no name. A.B. Wilson changed the name of this record from Umslopagus to Unknown, then determined that it fit the description and location given fror W900052, Jesse Prospect.

Comment (Location): Shaft shown on topo. Supposedly there are 2 shafts.

Comment (Geology): "Malachite occurs at the intersection (contact?) of amphibolite and pegmatite. Two shafts have been sunk here." (Bull. 50, p. 49).

Comment (Reference): Terry Klein's Jesse Prospect cites "Hauff, 1986, p. 59-66" but this reference was not found in Georef or the USGS library.


References

Reference (Deposit): Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 40, 46, pl. 1.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 179.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 49.


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