Unidentified Prospect

Occurrence in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080920
MRDS ID W032461
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.43728, 41.82525 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 3 Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guide Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021N 072W Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • NE QUARTER OF THE TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO GRAB SAMPLES, ANALYZED BY X-RAY FLUORESCENCE, INDICATED 26 AND 36% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.43728, 41.82525

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 70 TO 80 S
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Halleck Canyon Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 108

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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