The Umslopagus Group is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,360 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
Elevation: 9,360 Feet (2,853 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.17278, -106.74111
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Umslopagus Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Umslopagus Group
Secondary: Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: vein
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Structure: 3 mi. NE of NW trending Cheyenne Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Identification): This is an Unknown site, not part of the Umslopagus Group. It was misidentified in the original MAS database (0560070403) 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.
Comment (Deposit): "A 40-ft shaft sunk into an orthoamphibolite dike cut by a quartz-feldspar vein, 8 to 18 inches wide shows chaclpyrite and minor bornite near the contact. Most of mineralization occurs in fractures." (Bull. 50, p. 50.)
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 179.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 50.
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