1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Unidentified Prospect

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080881
MRDS ID W032407
MAS/MILS ID 560070443
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.07111, 42.15639 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pathfinder-Seminoe Reservoirs(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 025N 086W 12 NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result PIT, W2 OF NW - 34.00% FE, 48.00% SIO2, 0.091% P
Result PIT, W2 OF NW - 41.00% FE, 39.70% SIO2, 0.061% P
Result PIT, E2 OF NW - 53.00% FE, 20.50% SI O2, 0.64% P
Result PIT, E2 OF NW - 64.60% FE, 1.80% SIO2, 0.179% P

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.07111, 42.15639
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seminoe Mountains Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 113.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 103.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A WIDE BELT OF IRON-BEARING ROCK IS VISIBLE ON the SURFACE, BUT IT MAY BE 'SLIDE'.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-04-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2008-11-14 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site