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Unidentified Prospect

Occurrence in Niobrara 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080890
MRDS ID W032420
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.55058, 42.63468 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Niobrara(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lusk(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Scotts Bluff(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Niobrara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 031N 064W 28 NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.55058, 42.63468
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 85 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 116

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEMATITIC SCHISTS AND QUARTZITES INTERLAYERED WITH DOLOMITE. APPA RENTLY IN CONTACT WITH GRANITE ON THE WEST AND DOLOMITE SEQUENCE TO TH E EAST. SOUTHERN EXPOSURES ARE PRIMARILY JASPEROIDAL QUARTZITES OF LOW FE CONTENT INTERLAYERED WITH DOLOMITE. NORTHERN EXPOSURES INCLUDE SOM E RED AND BLACK BANDED, PARTIALLY JASPEROIDAL QUARTZITES AND HEMATITIC SCHIST.

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.

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