| Deposit ID | 10080838 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032216 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Landslide Dam Prospect |
| Included sites | Lake Alice District |
| 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). |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 028N | 117W | 20 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Nugget Sandstone | ||||
| Rock description | Nugget Sandstone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.74639, 42.39944 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | 1 1/2 Miles West Of The Northerly Trending Tunp Thrust |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | J.D. Love |
| District name | Lake Alice District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Bridger National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032216 |
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.
Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 140.
Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 136.
| 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. |
| 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 |
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