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Sherman Group Prospect

Occurrence in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081155
MRDS ID W032889
Record type Site
Current site name Sherman Group Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.31948, 41.08191 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lone Tree-Owl(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South 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 013N 071W 23 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite At Surface

Analytical data

Result VEINS NEAR SURFACE ASSAYED UP TO $2.00 PER TON AU (1907 PRICES)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.31948, 41.08191
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 300 Ft South Of The Shaft Is An Iron-Stained 'Gabbro-Diorite' Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINS AT CONTACTS ARE WEAKLY MINERALIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M
    Overall width 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 43

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Barari, Rachel A. South Dakota Geological Survey

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

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