Landslide Dam Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080838
MRDS ID W032216
Record type Site
Current site name Landslide Dam Prospect
Included sites Lake Alice District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74639, 42.39944 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1700 FEET SOUTH OF LAKE ALICE. "At the top of a huge headwall scarp in the Nugget Sandstone avove the landslide that dams Lake Alice" (Love and Antweiler, 1973, p. 145).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graham Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontenelle Reservoir(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bridger-Teton 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 117W 20 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS LOCATED ABOVE THE LANDSLIDE THAT DAMS LAKE ALICE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 860 PPM COPPER, 1 PPM SILVER, 22 PPM ZINC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74639, 42.39944

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 1 1/2 Miles West Of The Northerly Trending Tunp Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possibly Petroliferous Brecciated Limestone And Dolomites Above The Mineralized Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer J.D. Love

Mining district

District name Lake Alice District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bridger National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVE, J.D., AND ANTWEILER, J.C., 1973, COPPER, SILVER, AND ZINC IN THE NUGGET SANDSTONE, WESTERN WYOMING: WYO. GEOL. ASSOC. GUIDEBOOK, 25 TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE, GREATER GREEN RIVER BASIN, p. 145.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 140.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 136.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE UPPER 5-15 FT OF THE NUGGET SANDSTON E
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN BLEACHED GRAY ZONE OF THE NUGGET SANDSTON E. THIS ZONE LIES BELOW A LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE BRECCIA WHICH IS PETR OLIFEROUS. LOVE (1973) BELIEVES THIS COMBINATION MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONCENTRATION OF METALLIC MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1978-01-01 Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2008-09-12 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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