The Seminoe District is a gold mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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Seminoe District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Seminoe District
Secondary: Sunday Morning Mine
Secondary: Sunday Morning Prospect
Secondary: Charlie's Glory Hole
Secondary: Junk Creek Prospects
Secondary: King Mine
Secondary: Apex Mine
Secondary: Deserted Treasure No. 2 Mine
Secondary: Seminoe Mountains area (asbestos occurrence)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Asbestos
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
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
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): Klein, 1980, The geology and geochemistry of the sulfide depoists of the Seminoe district, Carbon County, Wyoming: Colo. School of Mines PhD dissertation, p. 232 pl. 1 (approx. scale 1:13,333).
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, 71 p., 1 pl.
Reference (Deposit): EM&J, v. 62, Aug. 8, 1896, p. 135.
Reference (Deposit): Bishop, 1964, Retrogressive metamorphism in the Seminoe Mountains, Carbon County, Wyoming: Univ. of Wyoming M.S. thesis, 49 p., 2 plates.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 150-153.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, 31 p., 2 plates.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 148-150.
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