The Verde Mine is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,413 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,413 Feet (2,869 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.05972, -106.97861
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Verde Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Verde Mine
Secondary: Hinton Mine ?
Secondary: Hinton-Verde Mine
Secondary: Verde-Hinton Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: Assay on mine dump: 2% Cu, 0.04% Zn, 0.15 opt Au, 0.05 opt Ag. Average ore sample assayed 8.18% Cu, 0.02 opt Au.
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hedenbergite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Ore is stratabound.
Comment (Exploration): Prospected by Conoco Minerals, Inc., in 1981.
Comment (Geology): Vent breccia.
Comment (Deposit): Group of prospects dug in NW4 of SW4 of Sec. 33 exosed epidote-magnetite ehalite with disseminated sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and bornite.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 25-26.
Reference (Location): USGS 7.5 MIN TOPO MAP-SOLOMON CREEK
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 44, 100.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 47, 108.
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