The Junk Creek Mines is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,861 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,861 Feet (2,396 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 42.20528, -107.02694
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Junk Creek Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Junk Creek Mines
Secondary: Junk Creek Shaft
Secondary: Junk Creek Prospects
Secondary: Junk Creek area
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Seminoe Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: Grab sample of Cu-stained quartz contained 1.2% Cu, 0.05 ppm Au, 1.4 ppm Ag, 6 ppm Ga. Chip sample contained 0.78% Cu, 1.7 ppm Au, <0.05 ppm Au.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Covellite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Brecciated N45E-trending quartz vein.
Comment (Workings): Near-vertical shaft. Caved prospect is about 650 ft. SW of the shaft.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 153.
Reference (Deposit): Klein, 1981, Colo. School of Mines, PhD thesis, p. 57-58, plate.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, p. 25.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 149.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 44.
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