Beaver Group

The Beaver Group is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,451 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

Name: Beaver Group  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Carbon

Elevation: 8,451 Feet (2,576 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 41.08889, -106.69389

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Beaver Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Beaver Group
Secondary: Yellow Beaver Claim
Secondary: Silver Beaver Claim
Secondary: Golden Beaver Claim
Secondary: Red Jacket Claim
Secondary: Tenderfoot Claim
Secondary: Two Tom Mine
Secondary: Red Beaver Claim (Discovery lode)


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment 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

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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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin


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): Worked from 1905-1911 by Keystone Copper Co.

Comment (Workings): 2 shafts, 1 adit

Comment (Orebody): Copper carbonate.

Comment (Geology): Host rocks are chlorite schist and arkosic conglomerate, quartzite, or brecciated granite pegmatite.


References

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 62.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 158.


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