Lena Shields Group

The Lena Shields Group is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,731 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lena Shields Group
Secondary: Claims include: Lena Shields, Ruth Anderson, Center Valley, Ultimagable

Commodity

Primary: Copper

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

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): N70W-trending quartz vein 5-15 ft. wide contains limonite, azurite, malachite, and pyrite.

Comment (General): Klein (W900427) says patented claims cover the area.

Comment (Location): Klein (W900427) lists both sections 12 and 13. 12: SESW, SWSE. 13: N2NWNE, N2NENW.

References

Reference (Geology): Graff, 1978, Univ. of Wyo., PhD thesis, 85 p.

Reference (General): Houston and Graff, 1995, USGS Map I-2452.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 20.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 45, 109.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 49, 121.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 174.

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