Jehosephat Prospect

Occurrence in Platte county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080883
MRDS ID W032409
Record type Site
Current site name Jehosephat Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.72281, 42.32803 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Platte(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guernsey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Torrington(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 Platte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 027N 066W 12 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result EAST SIDE SHAFT, NEAR BOTTOM 43.3% METALLIC FE
Result WEST SIDE SHAFT, N EAR BOTTOM 33.6% METALLIC FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Guernsey Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICEOUS DOLOMITE ENCLOSES HEMATITE. THE ROCK IS WEATHERED TO LI MONITE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF MALACHITE WAS FOUND IN A SMALL HOLE, NEAR TH E TOP OF THE IRON OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references