The Silver Crown District is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Laramie county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Silver Crown District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Crown District
Secondary: Copper King Mine (CK Gold)
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Laramie
District: SILVER CROWN DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: CALEDONIA RESOURCES
Info Year: 1987
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: PORPHYRY COPPER, HYDROTHERMAL
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu-Au
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: PERVASIVE FOLIATION
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SILICIFICATION
Alteration Text: REGIONAL METAMORPHISM AT 1.7 GA. SILICIFICATION, POTASSIC, PROPYLITIC
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: POTASSIC
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): BECKMAN, R.T., AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN OTHER STATES, COLORADO, MONTANA, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND WYOMING, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 373, 375.
Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 82-84.
Reference (Deposit): OSTERWALD, F.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.W., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1959, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 131, 152.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
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