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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080941
MRDS ID W032482
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.09515, 43.43994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birdseye Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thermopolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Wind(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 040N 094W 15 SE OF NE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Andalusite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE FE CONTENT 25.25% OF 7 GRAB SAMPLES FROM SECS. 12, 13, 23, T. 40N., R. 93W

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Madison Limestone or Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike SE-NE
    Dip 45 TO 70 S
    Thickness 38.1M
    Length 12874.4M
    Width 1206.98M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 109-110

  • Deposit

    WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP. 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBSURFACE DEPOSITS MAY EXTEND 3.5 MI W OF COPPER MOUNTAINS. TWO SERIES OF FE-BEARING ROCK CROP OUT.

Reporter information

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

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