Unnamed

The Unnamed is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,613 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed
Secondary: Unnamed Prospect

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

Type: Unknown

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: L
Structure: E-W shear zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: Cu < 2%, Ag not detected to 0.5 ppm, Pd not detected to 0.004 ppm, As not detected to 500 ppm, Co 10-15 ppm, Cr trace, Mo not detected to 50 ppm, Ni 7-10 ppm, Pb 30-50 ppm.

Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Feldspar

Comments

Comment (Geology): Ore strikes WNW, dips 90.

Comment (Deposit): Copper veins in granite; mylonite.

Comment (Age): Sample sites OR-1272B1 and OR-1273.

References

Reference (Deposit): McCallum and Kluender, 1983, USGS Map MF-1638A.

Reference (Deposit): Millgate, 1965, Wyoming Geological Survey MR 65-2.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 134-135.

Reference (Deposit): WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES [unverified]

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