Aultman Pipe 1 Prospect

Occurrence in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Diamond
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080771
MRDS ID W032127
Record type Site
Current site name Aultman Pipe 1 Prospect
Alternate or previous names Aultman Outlier

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.49004, 41.03053 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 4.1 MILES SOUTH OF TIE SIDING, WYOMING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dale Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012N 072W 05, 08 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF THE SECTION LINE BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diamond Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Kimberlite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite
    Rock description Sherman Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Devonian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Kimberlite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.49004, 41.03053

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Associated With Sherman Granite Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Virginia Dale Ring Dike Structure

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1961
Discoverer C. A. Aultman

Mining district

District name State Line District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW PR 18, P. 1-11.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 12, P. 1-30.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 19, P. 1-24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE AMOUNT OF DIAMONDS OR THEIR ECONOMIC ORE GRADE IS UNKOWN AT THIS WRITING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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