Octavia Prospect

The Octavia Prospect is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,239 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Octavia Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment District

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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: Quartz vein

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): Supposedly on west Fork of Savery Creek, about 5 mi. West of Battle. But, there is no Savery Creek in this area. According to USGS GNIS there is no Savery Creek on this quadrangle. Perhaps it is a local or unofficial name.

Comment (Geology): Quartz vein stikes NW, dips 30SW, and cuts altered limy schist.

References

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 24, 48, 118.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 22.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 21, 45, 105.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 176.

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