Lake Alice District

The Lake Alice District is a copper mine located in Lincoln county, Wyoming.

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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Lake Alice District
Secondary: Big Park Prospect
Secondary: Contag Prospect
Secondary: Ferney Gulch Mine
Secondary: Griggs Mine
Secondary: Landslide dam prospect
Secondary: Spring Lake Creek adit

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

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 (Reference): Paper by Loose, 1990, is best summary of the district.

Comment (Exploration): Exploration for silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the district in the mid 1980s by Bill Boberg.

References

Reference (Deposit): LLOYD, E.J., 1970, THE HISTORY OF COKEVILLE, WYOMING, UTAH STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS, LOGAN, UTAH, 160 P.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 52.

Reference (Deposit): LOVE, J.D., AND ANTWEILER, J.C., 1973, COPPER, SILVER, AND ZINC IN THE NUGGET SANDSTONE, WESTERN WYOMING: WYO. GEOL. ASSOC. GUIDEBOOK, 25 TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE, GREATER GREEN RIVER BASIN, p. 139-147.

Reference (Deposit): COKEUILLE REGISTER, AUGUST 14, 1915.

Reference (Deposit): COKEVILLE REGISTER, NOVEMBER 13, 1920.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 132-137.
Pages: 132-137

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 137-140.
Pages: 137-140.

Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, F.C., AND ORIEL, S.S., 1965, TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF IDAHO-WYOMING THRUST BELT: AAPG BULL, VOL 49, NO 11.

Reference (Deposit): Boberg, W. W., 1983, Lake Alice Copper District, Lincoln County, Wyoming: Abstract in Geol. Surv. Wyoming Public Information Circ. No. 19, pp. 14-15.

Reference (Deposit): Loose, Steven A., 1990, Ore mineralogy, paragenesis, source of metals, and timing of the mineralization of the Lake Alice Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn district in the Wyoming Thrust Belt, in Specht, R.W., ed., Wyoming Sedimentation and Tectonics: Wyoming Geological Association 41st Field Conference Guidebook, Aug. 17-23, Casper, Wyoming, p. 123-149.
Pages: p. 123-149.

Reference (Deposit): Loose, S.A., and Boberg, W.W., 1987, Sedimentary facies control on mineralization at the Lake Alice District in the Wyoming Overthrust Belt, in Miller, W.R., ed., The Thrust Belt Revisited: Wyoming Geological Association 38th Field Conference Guidebook, Sept. 8-11, 1987, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, p. 309-327.
Pages: p. 309-327.

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.