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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Gneiss
Mammoth Shear Zone, Snowy Range Of The Medicine Bow Mountains
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Underground
- Production size
- Small
- Last production
- 1937
Records and references
GSW RI 23, P. 27-2Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.Wilson, W.H., and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, 287 p.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10081164 — view the source record
Difficulty
Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: 41.17497, -106.24924
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