CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1034 United States (Wyoming) 42.28.00 N -- 110.48 W Griggs Cu; Ag
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Griggs
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Wyoming; Subprovince or locality: Lake Alice District; Nearest community: Cokeville
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; copper and accessory silver occur within the lower portion of gypsum spring formation and upper portion of underlying nugget sandstone
Geologic province: Lake Alice District
Commodities: Cu; Ag
Geological ages: Triassic - Jurassic (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) copper and accessory silver occur within the lower portion of Gypsum Spring formation and upper portion of underlying Nugget sandstone; located within the overthrust belt of western Wyoming
References:
Boberg, W. W., 1987
Lake Alice Silver-Copper District Sediment-Hosted, Stratiform Sulfide Deposits, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Unpublished Report, 12 p.

Love, J. D.; Antweiler, J. C., 1973
Copper, Silver, and Zinc in the Nugget Sandstone, Western Wyoming
in The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Greater River Basin, Symposium and Core Seminar, Edited by Glaze, R. E., Twenty-Fifth Field Conference, Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, Wyoming Geological Association. Casper, WY, 178 p, p. 139 - 147


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