Continental Group

The Continental Group is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,875 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Continental Group
Secondary: May be part of Big Chief Group
Secondary: May include Merrill Claim (?)

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment District

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1899
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

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CENTROID OF Spencer's 1904 location of Continental mine. MAY BE same as or overlapping part of the Big Chief group.

References

Reference (Deposit): Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment district, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 90.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 42 (copper).

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 165.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50 [revised ed.], p. 46 (copper).

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