Three Forks claims group, Encampment Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA i
Regional Level Types
Three Forks claims group Claim
Encampment Mining District Mining District
Carbon County County
Wyoming State
USA Country

Deposit: Gentry, 1976, lists the Three Forks Group as "secondary level", meaning it is a possible future producer of lead. There is no further discussion of the mine in the text.

Geology: Smoky quartz veins along a contact between granite and schist. Contains a small amount of Cu with some Pb and Zn. Veins stained by hematite near surface carry some Au.

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Copper

List of minerals for each chemical element

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10132774

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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Southern Rocky MountainsOrogenic Belt

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References

Osterwald and others, (1959), Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 46 (copper), 78 (gold), 105 (hematite), 113 (lead), 158 (silver), 219 (zinc).

Osterwald, F.W., Osterwald, D.B., Long, J.S. Jr., Wilson, W. H. (1966) Mineral Resources Of Wyoming. Bulletin 50. Wyoming Geological Survey pages 49, 84, 118, 126, 174, 239

Gentry, D.W., (1976), Lead and zinc deposits in Colorado and Wyoming, Final Report: Unpublished report by Donald Gentry, Prinicpal Investigator, Miing Engineering Dept, Colorado School of Mines under USBM Grant #G0264005.

Hausel, (1986), Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 25.

Hausel, W. Dan (1989) The Geology Of Wyoming’s Precious Metal Lode And Placer Deposits. Bulletin 68. Wyoming Geological Survey p.158

Hausel, W. Dan (1997) Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, And Associated Metal Deposits Of Wyoming. Bulletin 70. Wyoming Geological Survey p.178

Hausel, W. Dan, Jacobson, Mark (2001) Wyoming Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 76 (6) 380-393 doi:10.1080/00357520109603245p.393