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Brenning Prospect

Occurrence in Converse county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080902
MRDS ID W032432
MAS/MILS ID 0560010111
Record type Site
Current site name Brenning Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.94619, 42.43246 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position South Half Of Township

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Medicine Bow(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Converse
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028N 076W Wyoming
6th Principal 029N 076W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE LINE BETWEEN ALBANY AND CONVERSE COUNTIES. in Tps. 28N and 29N, R76W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.94619, 42.43246
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • "HORNBLENDE SCHIST contains large massive pieces of CHALCOCITE associated WITH EPIDOte." (Bull. 50, p. 38)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Esterbrook Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: GSW BULL 50, P. 38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 04-AUG-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560010111 = newMRDS 10254488, merged and deleted.
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560010111 = newMRDS 10254488

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