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Unidentified Prospect

Occurrence in Goshen county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
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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. 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 10080876
MRDS ID W032398
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.59698, 42.56607 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position In Several Sections, In Several Sections

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goshen(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rawhide Buttes West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lusk(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glendo Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Goshen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 030N 064W;065W 08;13;17;18 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SECS. 19,24; MANY PROSPECTS IN THE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.59698, 42.56607
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fold

Ore body information

  • Thickness 24.38M
    Length 8046.5M
    Width 365.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Muskrat Canyon Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAYERED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. 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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