The Mohawk Prospect 2 is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.14694, -106.92778
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Mohawk Prospect 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk Prospect 2
Secondary: Claims: Mohawk and fraction.
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: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
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: W trending metasediments and shears within Cheyenne Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Identification): Includes Claims: Mohawk and fraction; Quo Vadis group is part of same properties in a different section 3.5 mi to the NW. See also 10254141 (old MAS 0560070366 and MRDS W900447).
Comment (Location): Apparently this "prospect" is in 2 widely separate locations (roughly 3 1/2 mi apart) in NW Sec. 20 and NW Sec. 35. Because they are so separate, there are two entries for this "prospect". See also 10254141 (old MAS 0560070366 and MRDS W900447). Terry Klein has located the Mohawk listed as the NW Sec. 35 near the corner section of Secs. 26, 27, 34, and 35. That is the location used here.
Comment (Location): Terry Klein states that the "approx. location of prospect based on Beeler's 1902 description; covered by patented claim(s)". This refers only to the part of the prospect originally listed in NW sec. 35.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 175.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 49.
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