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Creede Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080886
MRDS ID W032415
Record type Site
Current site name Creede Prospect
Alternate or previous names Creede Property, Creede Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.05065, 41.20218 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridger Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baggs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt 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 Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 086W 10 N2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.05065, 41.20218
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name \n\nEncampment District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 12, 36, 46, 118, 139.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 165.

  • Deposit

    Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 86-87.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 33, 43, 105, 107, 125.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHIST CONTAINS PYRRHOTITE WHICH BEARS CU, NI, AND CO NEAR A LARGE DIKE OF NORITE. Schist stikes E-W, dips S.
Deposit Contains magnetite and pyrrhotite-bearing copper, nickel, and cobalt with lesser chalcopyrite.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 31-OCT-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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