The Express Lode copper property is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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Express Lode copper property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Express Lode copper property
Secondary: Gibraltar Mine
Secondary: Gibralter
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Big Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert J. Wagoner
Home Office: Saratoga, WY
Info Year: 1952
Years: 1904 -
Owner Name: Gibralter Mining Company
Info Year: 1952
Years: 1903 - 1903
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Fault contact between granite and diorite.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Covellite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (General): Detailed information about this prospect is in the DMEA Docket.
Comment (Development): AT one time there was a 125 ft. vertical (or near vertical) shaft. AT dept of 42 ft. there was a 25 ft. crosscut.
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 2584, 31 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2584_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2584_DMEA.pdf
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