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Big Blue No. 1

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022638
MRDS ID FS00014
Record type Site
Current site name Big Blue No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.91732, 41.18329 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014N 085W 14,15 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result MIN. EXAM. FS. 1962

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.91732, 41.18329
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Madre Range

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Medicine Bow

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. R. Crow Co.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: COPPER MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN. EXAM. FS. 1962.

  • Deposit

    1962 OTHER FS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit No publicly available literature available to verify this record.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Sierk, Betty M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-OCT-2008 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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